Friedrick v. Johnson

Defendants appeal from a judgment awarding plaintiffs possession of certain property by adverse possession. We review de novo, ORS 19.125(3), and reverse in part.

In 1989, plaintiffs purchased an improved property adjoining defendants’ property. After a dispute arose between the parties, plaintiffs hired a surveyor to establish the legal boundary between the two properties. The survey showed that one side of plaintiffs’ house, built in 1920, encroached six inches onto defendants’ property. Plaintiffs brought this action and the trial court entered judgment for plaintiffs, finding that they had…