Cascadia Lumber Co. v. Oregon State Highway Commission

Plaintiff commenced an action in inverse condemnation seeking damages for rock removed by defendant from land which plaintiff alleged it owned. The defendant in an affirmative defense sought to quiet title in the defendant to the disputed tract from which the rock was taken. The court, disposing of the case solely on defendant’s claim to quiet the title, held that the title should be quieted in the defendant and entered its decree accordingly. Plaintiff appeals.

The property in dispute lies in section 20, Township 10 South, Range 11 West of the Willamette Meridian. Defendant owns Government…