Legal Opinion

Kirby Royalties, Inc. v. Texaco Inc.

Wyoming Supreme Court

Decided November 19, 1969No. 3748PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ON PETITION FOR REHEARING

2Per curiam

The appellee has filed a petition for rehearing in connection with our opinion in Kirby Royalties, Inc. v. Texaco Inc., Wyo., 458 P.2d 101.

The petition asserts our opinion is in derogation of soundly established trust law which devolves and vests legal title to real estate in the heirs of the trustee or of the last surviving of joint trustees, upon his death. We rejected this argument in our previous opinion because the heir through whom Texaco Inc. is claiming, Mrs. Roth, was not a statutory or appointed trustee under either Nebraska law or Wyoming law. We stated we…

3Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Nee v. Linwood Securities Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1949
  2. Nee v. Main Street BankCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1949
  3. Ban-Mac, Inc. v. King CountyWashington Supreme Court · 1966
  4. Gerald H. Gould v. Albert BrickCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
  5. Turner v. BrowneSupreme Court of Missouri · 1943

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4Cited by2 opinions

  1. Historic Smithville Develop. v. Chelsea TitleNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1981
  2. Stroock v. Kirby Royalties, Inc.Wyoming Supreme Court · 1972

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