MORGAN v. BOARD OF FORESTRY


443 P.2d 236 (1968)

Vernon R. MORGAN and Robert C. Young, Appellants and Cross Respondents, v. BOARD OF FORESTRY of the State of Oregon, Respondent and Cross Appellant, and Polk County, a Municipal Corporation, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Oregon. En Banc.

Decided June 26, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William B. Wyllie, Salem, argued the cause for appellants and cross respondents. With him on the briefs were Rhoten, Rhoten & Speerstra, Salem.

Robert W. DeArmond, Salem, argued the cause for respondent and cross appellant. With him on the briefs were Robert Y. Thornton, Atty. Gen., Thomas C. Stacer, Asst. Atty. Gen., and DeArmond, Sherman & Barber, Salem.

Before PERRY, C.J., and SLOAN, O'CONNELL, GOODWIN, DENECKE, HOLMAN and RODMAN, JJ.


O'CONNELL, Justice.

This is a suit to declare void a tax foreclosure proceeding. Defendant, State Board of Forestry, seeks a decree quieting title to the property. Plaintiffs appeal from a decree upholding the foreclosure decree and quieting title in the defendant. Defendant cross-appeals from that portion of the decree rejecting its claim of adverse possession.

In December, 1941, Polk County instituted tax foreclosure proceedings on various parcels of property...

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