State v. Salot

Court of Appeals of Oregon

State v. Salot

674 P.2d 93, 66 Or. App. 492, 1984 Ore. App. LEXIS 2506

CourtCourt of Appeals of Oregon

DecidedJanuary 11, 1984

Docket16-82-07997; CA A28258

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State v. Salot, 674 P.2d 93, 66 Or. App. 492, 1984 Ore. App. LEXIS 2506 (Or. Ct. App. 1984).

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PER CURIAM

Defendants in this declaratory judgment proceeding, riparian owners of property along the lower reaches of the McKenzie River, appeal from a trial court decree that the state is the owner of the bed of the river. We affirm.

The McKenzie was, in 1859, a navigable river. State of Oregon v. Riverfront Protective Assoc., 672 F2d 792 (9th Cir 1982). Upon entering the union, the state took title to the bed of the McKenzie and the state’s other navigable rivers. See United States v. Oregon, 295 US 1, 55 S Ct 610, 79 L Ed 1267 (1935). It has not, thereafter, either by legislative act, executive sale or judicial decision, relinquished title. The two cases on which defendants rely and which do lend the appearance of validity to defendants’ arguments to the contrary — Weise v. Smith, 3 Or 445 (1869), and Shaw v. Oswego Iron Co., 10 Or 371 (1882) — are not, when carefully read, cases dealing dis-positively with title to the beds of navigable rivers within Oregon. See State Land Board v. Corvallis Sand & Gravel Co., 283 Or 147, 158, 582 P2d 1352 (1978).

Affirmed.

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PER CURIAM

Defendants in this declaratory judgment proceeding, riparian owners of property along the lower reaches of the McKenzie River, appeal from a trial court decree that the state is the owner of the bed of the river. We affirm.

The McKenzie was, in 1859, a navigable river. State of Oregon v. Riverfront Protective Assoc., 672 F2d 792 (9th Cir 1982). Upon entering the union, the state took title to the bed of the McKenzie and the state’s other navigable rivers. See United States v. Oregon, 295 US 1, 55 S Ct 610, 79 L Ed 1267 (1935). It has not, thereafter, either by legislative act, executive sale or judicial decision, relinquished title. The two cases on which defendants rely and which do lend the appearance of validity to defendants’ arguments to the contrary — Weise v. Smith, 3 Or 445 (1869), and Shaw v. Oswego Iron Co., 10 Or 371 (1882) — are not, when carefully read, cases dealing dis-positively with title to the beds of navigable rivers within Oregon. See State Land Board v. Corvallis Sand & Gravel Co., 283 Or 147, 158, 582 P2d 1352 (1978).

Affirmed.

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