Legal Opinion
Ecosystem Resources, L.C. v. Broadbent Land & Resources, L.L.C.
Wyoming Supreme Court
Decided May 23, 2007No. 05-277PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KITE, Justice.
[¶ 1] In the early 1900s, Union Pacific Railroad Company (Union Pacific) conveyed real property located in Uinta County to Broadbent Land & Resources, LLC's (Bro-adbent) predecessors in interest, but reserved and excepted "all timber" on said lands. Nearly one hundred years later, Ecosystem Resources, L.C. (Ecosystem) acquired the timber rights and proceeded to harvest the timber. As surface owner, Bro-adbent asked the district court to quiet title to the timber in it. Relying on a rule of law adopted in other jurisdictions, Broadbent argued that, because Union Pacific's timber…
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