Chizek v. Port of Newport

Plaintiffs appeal from a decree which quieted defendant’s claim of title to a lot located in the tidelands of Yaquina Bay.

The case has some difficult problems involving the law applicable to tidelands and real property generally which we finally have determined need not be answered in deciding this appeal.

The defendant Port claims title through a conveyance from the county.. Subsequently oné Sargeant delivered a conveyance of the lot to the Port in 1954. Sargeant had not paid some of the real property taxes assessed against the property. Through an error the county continued to assess taxes…