Legal Opinion

In Re Estate of Sorenson

Wyoming Supreme Court

Decided July 27, 2000No. 99-249, 99-267PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

THOMAS, Justice.

Onee again this Court is confronted with a disagreement between siblings arising out of a devise from their father. Glenn Sorenson, the deceased father (the father), devised ranch lands to his sons, Jeff Sorenson (Jeff) and Brett Sorenson (Brett), "in equal shares, as tenants in common[.]" The father's Last Will and Testament included a restriction upon alienation, described as a condition subsequent, which prescribed divestiture as the penalty for violation. After the father's estate was distributed, Brett commenced an action seeking partition of the ranch property and also…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. University of Wyoming v. GressleyWyoming Supreme Court · 1999
  2. Estate of Dixon v. DixonWyoming Supreme Court · 1949

3Cited by3 opinions

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  2. Flowers-Carter v. Braun CorporationDistrict Court, D. Arizona · 2021
  3. Peo v. JonesColorado Court of Appeals · 2021

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