Harris v. Swart Mortgage Co.

This is a contest between two claimants to a strip of land in section 18, township 9 north, range 29 E. W. M., situated in Franklin county. All of the strip lies in government lot 3 of section 18 except a small corner which is in government lot 2.

The land is vacant, unimproved and unfenced and has never been occupied. It lies lengthwise along the left bank of the Columbia river, which flows southeast; it is roughly rectangular in shape, approximately 1400 feet long by 200 feet wide. It is bounded on the northeast by a county road and on the southwest by the high water line of the river. The…