Marquess v. Geuy

Plaintiffs brought suit to quiet title to real property located in Creswell, Oregon. After trial to the court, defendant Geuy appeals from the decree extinguishing his rights in the property. Geuy contends that a deed validly delivered and executed in accordance with a prior written document signed by the parties sustains his claim to a one-third interest in the property. He assigns as error: (1) the trial court’s finding that the document was not intended by the parties to be a final, binding agreement; (2) the conclusion that there was no valid delivery because the grantor had no present…