Wilt v. Endicott

Plaintiffs brought this action to quiet title and for an accounting for the value of river gravel and materials alleged to have been removed from their property by defendants. Defendants raised affirmative defenses by which they claimed ownership of the disputed property by accretion and adverse possession. After a trial without a jury, the court entered judgment for defendants, and plaintiffs appeal. We affirm.

The parties are owners of parcels of property separated by the Willamette River. In 1859, when Oregon became a state, the disputed property was dry land except for the non-navigable…