Durrah v. Wright

Morgan, J. —

The question is whether a plaintiff claiming title by adverse possession has the right to a jury trial under article I, section 21 of the Washington Constitution. The answer is no if, as is true here, the plaintiff presently possesses the disputed land.

*636Richard and Jolan Durrah sued Wright,1 the titleholder of record, to quiet title to land on which the Durrahs were then maintaining a pipeline. The Durrahs alleged that they had been “in actual, open, adverse, notorious, and uninterrupted possession for more than ten (10) years[,]” and that they had acquired title by adverse…