Russell v. Gullett

The parties to this suit are neighbors and own adjoining property in Hines, Oregon. Plaintiffs, the Russells, brought the suit to establish their title by adverse possession to a portion of the property of defendants, the Gulletts. The following diagram, not to scale, shows the disputed area involved on appeal.

Plaintiffs claimed portions of defendants’ front, side, and back yards. The trial court found that plaintiffs had proved their case only with respect to a strip of land in the back yard, where plaintiffs’ predecessors in interest had built a clothesline, and a piece of land under the…