Marlow v. City of Sisters

This case arises from a dispute over use and ownership of a tract of land (tract 9) that measures 40 feet by 140 feet and that is located to the north of (and beneath) Main Avenue, an east-west street in Sisters, Oregon. The southernmost part of tract 9 — a strip that measures 15 feet by 140 feet — is closely associated with Main Avenue; indeed, most of that south strip is paved as part of the street, as depicted in this rough sketch, which is not to scale:

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Believing that it owned both the south strip of tract 9 on which Main Avenue is located, and also the strip measuring 25…