Ecosystem Resources, L.C. v. Broadbent Land & Resources, LLC

HILL, Justice.

[T1] This is the second time the present case has been appealed to this Court. In the first appeal, we reversed a judgment on the pleadings and remanded for proceedings to examine the facts and circumstances surrounding Union Pacific's reservations of timber in deeds from the early 1900s in order to determine the parties' intent with regard to the duration of the timber estates. Ecosystem Resources, LC v. Broadbent Land & Resources, LLC, 2007 WY 87, 158 P.3d 685 (Wyo.2007) (EFeosystem I). After a bench trial, the district court concluded "in using the term 'timber,' Union…