Swayne v. Otto

Pro Tem.

In 1964 the plaintiff-respondents filed a complaint in Owyhee County seeking to quiet title to a plot of land 50' X 100'. Plaintiffs based their claim on theories of record title and adverse possession. Following a trial and subsequent hearings, in what has to be one of the most protracted cases ever to occupy the time of the courts of this state, plaintiffs were decreed by the trial court to be the record owners.

A trial was had in 1966, but because of the delay in extensive post-trial briefing resulting from the illness of counsel and other causes, the trial court did not issue a…