Hopkins v. State of Oregon

This case involves timber rights on a disputed strip of land. Plaintiffs sought a judgment declaring them the owners of certain timber rights and seeking damages from Boise Cascade Corp. (Boise) for an alleged timber trespass on their property. Defendant state counterclaimed, seeking a declaration that it is the owner of the disputed property and damages for plaintiffs’ alleged trespass. The trial court held that plaintiffs’ predecessor had acquired title by adverse possession before the state’s acquisition of the property, but that since that time the state had acquired title by adverse…