Legal Opinion
Peirce v. Peirce
Utah Supreme Court
Decided January 11, 2000No. 981476PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUSSON, Justice:
¶ 1 Plaintiff Agnes Peirce appeals from a trial court judgment denying her claim for the imposition of a constructive trust and allowing defendants Robert and Lisa Peirce to retain property conveyed to them by Edward Eldred (“Ted”) Peirce. 1 At issue is the interpretation of a written agreement that Ted Peirce and Agnes Peirce entered into during their marriage.
BACKGROUND
¶ 2 Ted and Agnes Peirce were married on February 5, 1977, following a ten-year’ relationship, and were husband and wife at the time of Ted’s death on July 11, 1993. Throughout most of their sixteen-year…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Romrell v. Zions First National Bank, N.A.Utah Supreme Court · 1980
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