Evergreen Timber Co. v. Clackamas County

This is a suit in which plaintiff seeks to quiet its title derived from Margaret Henderson and her husband against the defendant county. Defendant appeals from a decree quieting plaintiff’s title.

The defendant county commenced tax foreclosure proceedings on December 14, 1939 to satisfy unpaid taxes on the property. The foreclosure list as published in the Molalla Pioneer contained the following erroneous description of the Henderson property:

“Ni/2 NE% Ey2 NW%, Sec. 23, Tp. 2 S., R. 7 E., W. M.”

The land intended to be described was the North y2 of the Northeast %, and the East y2 of the…