Ashworth v. Bullock

Opinion

McHUGH, Judge:

1 Sam Ashworth appeals the trial court's declaratory judgment determining that Murph Bullock and his wife Cecelia Bullock (collectively, the Bullocks) are the owners of real property in Payson, Utah (the Property). We affirm.

BACKGROUND 1

12 In 1976, Joseph Bates and Rosemary Bates Harris, brother and sister, held the Property as joint tenants, with right of survivorship. The Bullocks were living in a home located on the Property pursuant to a verbal rental agreement with Bates. The Bullocks had never met Harris and were unaware that she held an ownership interest in the…