Vandehey Development Co. v. Suarez

Defendants1 appeal a judgment for plaintiff in an action for reformation, ejectment and to quiet title to certain real property. They assign error to the court’s finding that they had constructive notice that plaintiffs predecessors in interest claimed ownership of the property and that they were not bona fide purchasers without notice of that claim. We review de novo, ORS 19.125(3), and affirm.

In 1970, Hallmeyer purchased the 3,800-acre Big Sheep Creek Ranch, an eight-mile strip of land along a creek that descends from the Wallowa Mountains. It had been surveyed in 1886. After he purchased…