Blaisdell v. Nelsen

This is a proceeding in equity to quiet title to a strip of real property, record title of which is in defendants. The trial court upheld defendants’ title. We reverse and remand with instructions to quiet title to the strip in plaintiff and for further proceedings on plaintiffs claims for trespass.

The parties are adjacent landowners in the Orchard Homes subdivision in Clackamas County. Plaintiffs parcel is located on lot 28 and defendants’ on lot 27. The strip at issue is located entirely on lot 27 but has been enclosed with plaintiffs property by a fence since 1929. The strip is…