Evergreen Timber Co. v. Hood River County

This is a suit to quiet title to certain timber lands. The plaintiff, Evergreen, claims title under conveyances from purported predecessors in title, and the county claims by adverse possession under a 1927 tax foreclosure. The county also asserts under OES 312.230 that the validity of the 1927 foreclosure cannot be questioned in a collateral attack.

The trial court held the tax title void because the foreclosure list as published had named one Viola Hecker, a former owner of the land, as owner, whereas the latest tax rolls of the county had named John and Nellie Muir as owners. The fact was…