Atchison v. City of Englewood

The plaintiffs in error, referred to as plaintiffs or by name, brought an action against the City of Englewood and Martin-Marietta Corporation as defendants for a determination with respect to plaintiffs’ preemptive right to repurchase certain lands. ■ The district court granted defendánts’ motions for summary judgment on the grounds that the documentary provisions granting the rights to the plaintiffs were void as violative of the rule against perpetuities. We affirm.

In 1948 Mr.' and Mrs. Atchison were, and for a number of years had been, the owners of approximately 2500 acres of land in…