Hughes v. Heppner Lumber Co.

The present appeal involves title to approximately 3,300,000 feet of fir and pine timber situated on 1852 acres in Morrow county. Plaintiffs, the fee owners, sought to quiet title to the land in question. Defendant cross-complained claiming title to the timber in question. The trial court found for defendant and gave it *13until December, 1955, in which to remove the timber from the premises. Plaintiffs appeal.

On February 23, 1939, the Hugheses deeded to the Bridal Veil Lumber & Box Company, predecessor in interest of defendant Heppner Lumber Company, “all pine and merchantable fir timber”…