Partlow v. Clark

The question in this case is whether plaintiffs interest in real property under a decree which required that the property be conveyed to her and which was not recorded in the deed records pursuant to ORS 93.680(1)(b) is void as to the subsequent bona fide purchasers of the property. The answer to the question was provided by the Supreme Court in Temple v. Osburn, 55 Or 506, 511, 106 P 16 (1910), through the language the majority quotes at 60 Or App 243-44.1

The majority begins its analysis with the observation that “[t]he situation is analogous to that presented in United Finance Company v.…