Beezley v. City of Astoria

It must be apparent that when the City failed to answer the complaint filed by the plaintiffs to quiet their titles, the City admitted only that it had no interest or estate in the plaintiffs’ properties. Section 516, Or. L. provides:

“Any person claiming an interest or estate in real estate not in the actual possession of another may maintain a suit in equity against another who claims an interest or estate therein adverse to him, for the purpose of determining such conflicting or adverse claims, interests, or estates.”

In Burton v. Huma, 37 Fed. 738, a discussion for the purpose of suits to…