Jones v. Jones

In this partition action arising out of a family dispute over a ranch, defendant appeals from a judgment ordering a public sale. ORS 105.205; ORS 105.245-105.405. Defendant also appeals from the trial court’s denial of his post-trial motions. We affirm.

The disputed property is a ranch of approximately 206 acres in Douglas County. The property has been in the parties’ family for over 150 years. It includes pasture land and standing timber. In 1985, Edna Jones, the then owner of the ranch, died, leaving the land to her four children, Conrad Jones, Norman Jones, Hugh Jones, and Ila Oar.…