Stott v. Stevens

Plaintiffs appeal from an adverse judgment in their quiet title claim.1 They assign error to the court’s ruling that, at the time their property was platted in 1910, the grantors reserved property between their property and the Pacific Ocean and that defendants are the owners of that property. On de novo review, ORS 19.125(3), we reverse.

Plaintiffs are the present owners of residential lots 2 through 9 in block 1 of the Brooklyn Addition in Cannon Beach, originally platted by August and Sarah Becker. See Appendix. The western part of their property is on a bluff that overlooks the ocean.…