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Show Recovers Valuable Block of Property Decision of Portland ' Court Hcstores a Million Dollars to P. A. Marquanu PORTLAND, Or., May 24.-Tudgc Alfred-F. Sears in the State Circuit Cir-cuit court today rendered a decision de-cision restoring to P. A. Mar-quam Mar-quam a blo,ck of property In this city valued at II. 000,000. Marquam was the original (owner of the property, but became be-came financially embarrassed, and the property was sold at a delinquent tax sale to the Title Guarantee &. TniBt company. It afterward appeared that the title company had been acting as the agent of Marquam, but through a second party had purchased the Marquam Mar-quam property In his own right. This action Judge Sears holds to be 11-'legal, 11-'legal, and the property is thus restored re-stored to Marquam, the original owner. The decision of Judge Sears exonerates the title company of wilful wrong-doing In the transaction. |