Montgomery v. Shaver
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: Alfred F. Sears, Jr., Judge. This is an injunction suit originally commenced by James B. Montgomery against Geo. W. Shaver and others. Mary Phelps Montgomery, as executrix, was substituted as plaintiff, and a decree entered in her favor, from which defendants Shaver and Ryan appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wolverton
The north line of the Irving claim, which is also the dividing line between the former cities of Bast Portland and Albina, intersects the Willamette River obliquely, forming an acute angle therewith on the south. Plaintiff’s testator was, at the institution of this suit, the owner of the land lying immediately north of this line and extending to the river, and the defendants of that adjoining it on the south. In 1881, Shaver constructed -a wharf westerly from the northwest corner of defendants’ upland, extending to the wharf line, as then established, and in 1882 attempted to extend it…
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