Phalen v. Rilley

ME. CHIEF JUSTICE JAMES T. HAEEISON

delivered the Opinion of the Court.

This is an appeal by plaintiff, Dorothy Phalen, from a final judgment, entered upon findings of fact and conclusions of law in favor of defendant, Floyd Eilley, on November 27, 1968, in the district court of Carter County.

Plaintiff is the former Dorothy Rilley and is the mother of defendant. Upon her husband’s death in 1955 plaintiff succeeded as heir at law and surviving joint tenant to certain ranch lands and some machinery and other equipment. In 1956 plaintiff and her two sons, defendant and Bob Rilley, entered into a…