Woolfolk v. Isler

In this quiet-title proceeding, plaintiffs claim title by adverse possession to a strip of land that is about 55 feet wide at the widest point, about 6 feet wide at the narrowest point, and totals about 1.7 acres. This disputed strip has been enclosed with plaintiffs’ property by a fence since at least 1948. The trial court upheld defendant’s record title. Plaintiffs appeal.

Adverse possession consists of the actual, open, notorious, exclusive, continuous and hostile possession under claim of right or color of title. Terry v. Timmons, 282 Or 363, 365, 578 P2d 405 (1978); Beaver v. Davis, 275…