Hall v. Smith

This is a suit under ORS 105.605① in which plaintiffs seek to quiet title to a parcel of land in Lincoln County. On defendants’ motion, the trial court dismissed plaintiffs’ suit with prejudice. Plaintiffs appeal.

The parcel in dispute is a strip of land approximately 50 x 1100 feet lying between Bayshore subdivision on the south and Sandpiper subdivision on the north. Bayshore was subdivided in 1964. At that time the description under which Bayshore held title included the strip in dispute, but when the subdivision was platted the surveyors used the wrong marker as the northeast corner and…