Douglas County v. Umpqua Valley Grange, Inc.

Plaintiff Douglas County brought this declaratory judgment suit, seeking to enjoin the defendant Ump-qua Valley Grange from further occupancy of land dedicated as a public square. Defendant appeals from the trial court’s decree granting the relief sought by the county. We affirm.

In 1851, Levi Scott recorded a plat in Umpqua County (now Douglas County) for a tract of land which he intended to become the town of Scottsburg. The lot which is the subject of this suit was designated on the plat as a "public square.” Scottsburg was never incorporated.

In 1855, a school building was constructed on…