McADAM ET UX v. SMITH

The plaintiffs bring this suit to quiet title to certain tidelands along the Columbia river abutting upon upland title to which is vested in the plaintiffs. The defendants appeal from a decree for the plaintiffs.

At one time the upland and tideland were in separate ownership. By patent issued in 1882 Jacob S. Rinearson acquired title to the following land:

“* * * the West half of the South West Quarter. And the Lots numbered two and four of Section Thirty-four in Township Eight North of Range Three West of the Willamette Meridian in Oregon containing One Hundred and Fifty-nine acres and Ninety…