Find Legal Information

FILED: January 14, 2009

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF OREGON

CAROLYN CONNALL,
Personal Representative of the Estate of Barbara J. Felton,

Plaintiff-Respondent,

v.

ELON C. FELTON,

Defendant-Appellant.

Columbia County Circuit Court
052355
A134751

Ted E. Grove, Judge.

Argued and submitted on July 28, 2008.

Mark A. Gordon argued the cause and filed the briefs for appellant.

Robert A. Lucas argued the cause and filed the brief for respondent.

Before Edmonds, Presiding Judge, and Wollheim, Judge, and Sercombe, Judge.

WOLLHEIM, J.

Reversed and remanded for entry of judgment quieting title in defendant.

WOLLHEIM, J.

Plaintiff, the personal representative of her mother's estate, brought this action on behalf of the estate seeking to quiet title to the decedent's real property that was her family home (the property), which the decedent transferred to defendant, her step-son, during her lifetime, reserving for herself a life estate.