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MAGEE v. YAMHILL COUNTY

244 Or. 567 (1966)

419 P.2d 420

MAGEE ET AL v. YAMHILL COUNTY, STATE LAND BOARD

Supreme Court of Oregon.

Reversed October 26, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mallory C. Walker, Assistant Attorney General, Salem, argued the cause for appellants. With him on the briefs was Robert Y. Thornton, Attorney General of Oregon, Salem.

Asa L. Lewelling, Salem, argued the cause and filed a brief for respondents.

Before McALLISTER, Chief Justice, and PERRY, O'CONNELL, DENECKE and REDDING, Justices.

REVERSED.

O'CONNELL, J.

Plaintiffs bring these suits, consolidated for trial, to quiet title to two parcels of land which are claimed as accretions to plaintiffs' upland. The land in dispute is a gravel and silt formation which lies along the west bank of the Willamette river. The formation is commonly known as the Wheatland Ferry Bar. The defendants claim ownership on the ground that the land in dispute arose as an island from the bed of the Willamette river...

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