Case Name: Helen FORD, Respondent, v. Beverly Ann GRIMES, Appellant
Court: Oregon Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Oregon
Decision Date: 1991-11-13
Citations: 109 Or. App. 692
Docket Number: 90CV031; CA A66552
Parties: Helen FORD, Respondent, v. Beverly Ann GRIMES, Appellant.
Judges: Before Warren, Presiding Judge, and Joseph, Chief Judge, and Edmonds, Judge.
Reporter: Oregon Reports, Court of Appeals
Volume: 109
Pages: 692–693

Head Matter:
Argued and submitted September 13,
reversed and remanded with instructions to enter amended judgment; otherwise affirmed November 13, 1991
Helen FORD, Respondent, v. Beverly Ann GRIMES, Appellant.
(90CV031; CA A66552)
820 P2d 904
Maurice L. Russell, II, Salem, argued the cause for appellant. With him on the briefs were Churchill, Leonard, Brown & Donaldson, Salem, and Patrick R. Foley, Brookings.
John L. Hemann, Salem, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Garrett, Seideman, Hemann & Robertson, P.C., Salem, and James W. Gardner, Gold Beach.
Before Warren, Presiding Judge, and Joseph, Chief Judge, and Edmonds, Judge.
PER CURIAM
Joseph, C. J., vice Richardson, J.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM
Defendant appeals a judgment that quieted title to real property in plaintiff, awarded plaintiff past due rent and dismissed defendant's counterclaims. Defendant's first two assignments of error relate to her counterclaims for a declaration of an equitable mortgage and a constructive trust, each of which must be proved by clear and convincing evidence. See Albino v. Albino, 279 Or 537, 550, 568 P2d 1344 (1977); Blue River Sawmills et al v. Gates et al, 225 Or 439, 447, 358 P2d 239 (1961). On de novo review, we conclude that there is no clear and convincing evidence of an equitable mortgage or a constructive trust.
Defendant next argues that there is no evidence to support the $5,400 judgment for past due rent. Plaintiff testified that defendant and her husband paid the house loan payments of $449.89 per month to the escrow agent in lieu of rent. There is no other evidence regarding the amount of past due rent. Therefore, plaintiff is entitled only to a judgment of $4,049.01 for arrearages in rent from July 1, 1989, through March 30, 1990.
Reversed and remanded with instructions to enter amended judgment awarding plaintiff the sum of $4,049.01; otherwise affirmed.
The trial court awarded past due rent ancillary to granting relief in the quiet title claim, an equitable proceeding. Therefore, our review is de novo. See Wittick v. Miles, 274 Or 1, 5, 545 P2d 121 (1976); Cobra Building & Devel., Inc. v. City of Salem, 59 Or App 441, 443, 651 P2d 150, rev den 294 Or 295 (1982).