Court of Appeals of Oregon July 5, 2001, 97-0938262; A106375 (Pioneer Resources, LLC v. Lemargie)

lead-opinion

LINDER, P. J.

This action arises out of a dispute over ownership of timber rights on a parcel of real property. Plaintiff, Pioneer Resources, LLC, seeks, among other relief, a declaration that it has the right to harvest merchantable timber on defendants’ real property based on a 1971 deed.1 The dispositive issue on appeal is the interpretation of that deed.