Forsgren v. Sollie

OAKS, Justice:

This appeal concerns the effect of a condition in a deed. After a trial, the district court held that the deed created a fee simple subject to a condition subsequent, and that the grantor had reacquired the fee by reentry upon condition unfulfilled. We affirm.

The facts are essentially uncontested. In February, 1960, the plaintiff (grantor) conveyed 1.4 acres of unimproved property to James H. Sollie. This property had 73 feet of. frontage on the west side of Washington Boulevard north of Ogden, and abutted land owned by the grantor on the north and south. The consideration was…