Legal Opinion · Concurring in part, dissenting in part

Roberts Construction Company v. Vondriska

Wyoming Supreme Court

Decided March 17, 1976No. 4461Published

1Concurring in part, dissenting in partRaper, Justice

I must respectfully dissent from the views of the majority in two particulars: (1) I would hold that the defendants had an irrevocable license to use the 16.13 acres of land in question; and (2) I would deny any recovery of punitive damages by plaintiff against defendant. I otherwise concur with the majority.

While I have no dispute with the recitation of facts by the majority, it is my belief that they ought to be presented in a light fitted to show the defendant’s claims of right, as I view the questions. Ever since 1950, the defendant-appellant had a limestone quarry operation on land…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Keystone Copper Mining Co. v. MillerArizona Supreme Court · 1945
  2. Metcalf v. HartWyoming Supreme Court · 1891
  3. Jordan v. GuinnSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1972
  4. Coumas v. Transcontinental Garage, Inc.Wyoming Supreme Court · 1951
  5. Pierce v. Cleland, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lackawanna County1890

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