EGAAS v. COLUMBIA COUNTY

No. 26745; CA A26703.

673 P.2d 1372 (1983)

66 Or.App. 196

Stanley J. EGAAS, Respondent, v. COLUMBIA COUNTY, a Political Subdivision of the State of Oregon, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided December 21, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Diane Spies, Portland, argued the cause for appellant. With her on the brief was Spies and Rune, P.C., Portland.

Steven E. Benson, Portland, argued the cause and filed the brief for respondent.

Before RICHARDSON, P.J., JOSEPH, C.J., and VAN HOOMISSEN, J.


JOSEPH, Chief Judge.

In 1913, the Circuit Court for Columbia County entered a judgment condemning a parcel of land 60 feet wide for a railroad right-of-way. Plaintiff is the contract purchaser of the servient property across which that extends. He brought suit to quiet title to the right-of-way. The trial court ruled in his favor, and defendant county appeals.

The railroad owned the right-of-way from 1913 until it was purchased by a timber company, which quitclaimed...

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