Eichner v. Anderson

Plaintiffs, Viola and Virgil Eichner, brought an action to quiet title to a strip of real property in Clackamas County. The trial court found plaintiffs to be the owners of the property through adverse possession. On appeal, defendants contend that the court erred in determining that plaintiffs’ occupation of the disputed land met the requirements for adverse possession and that, even if it did, plaintiffs’ claim is barred by laches. For the reasons stated below, we reject defendants’ arguments, and we affirm.

On de novo review, ORS 19.415(3), we find the following facts, most of which were…