Rogelis v. Pettis

Plaintiff brought this suit to quiet title. The trial court found for plaintiff and defendant appeals.

The following facts are undisputed: The parties cohabited together in California in 1964 for approximately seven months prior to coming to Oregon to live. In March, 1965, 20 acres of land was conveyed to the parties in the names of "Louis M. Rogelis and Dorothy M. Rogelis, husband and wife.” The parties were not then, nor have they ever been, husband and wife. Plaintiff paid for the land from money he had saved before retiring from the Navy. The parties sold 10 of the 20 acres to plaintiff’s…