SWAYNE v. OTTO

No. 12204.

580 P.2d 1296 (1978)

99 Idaho 271

Samuel A. SWAYNE and Cleo R. Swayne, husband and wife, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. Carl W. OTTO and Gloria Otto, husband and wife, and Ned M. Williams and Floribel Williams, husband and wife, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Idaho.

June 29, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Don Copple of Davison, Copple & Copple, Boise, for defendants-appellants.

Graydon W. Smith, Boise, for plaintiffs-respondents.


SCOGGIN, Justice Pro Tem.

In 1964 the plaintiff-respondents filed a complaint in Owyhee County seeking to quiet title to a plot of land 50' X 100'. Plaintiffs based their claim on theories of record title and adverse possession. Following a trial and subsequent hearings, in what has to be one of the most protracted cases ever to occupy the time of the courts of this state, plaintiffs were decreed by the trial court to be the record owners.

A trial was had...

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