O'HARA v. BRACE


482 P.2d 726 (1971)

Alexander O'HARA, Jr., and Pauline O'Hara, Husband and Wife, Respondents, v. Dan BRACE and Betty Brace, Husband and Wife, and Mary Brace, an Unremarried Widow, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Oregon, In Banc.

Decided March 24, 1971.

Rehearing Denied April 20, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Christopher Minor, Newport, argued the cause for appellants. With him on the briefs was Fred Allen, Newport.

W.T. Hollen, Newport, argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were MacPherson & Osterlund, Toledo.


TONGUE, Justice.

This is a suit to quiet title in which defendants pleaded as an affirmative defense that they were owners by adverse possession of a portion of the land claimed by plaintiffs to be owned by them. The trial court found that plaintiffs were the owners of the property in dispute. Defendants appeal from the resulting decree.

The principal issue to be decided is whether plaintiffs established title to the lands claimed by them and, in particular...

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