FERGUSON RANCH, INC. v. MURRAY

No. 90-166.

811 P.2d 287 (1991)

FERGUSON RANCH, INC., a Wyoming Corporation, Appellant (Defendant), v. Edward F. MURRAY, Jr., and William J. Edwards, Appellees (Plaintiffs).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

May 16, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Graves of Graves, Santini and Villemez, Cheyenne, for appellant.

John B. Rogers, Cheyenne, for appellees.

Before THOMAS, CARDINE, MACY and GOLDEN, JJ., and TAYLOR, District Judge.


CARDINE, Justice.

This was an action by appellees Edward F. Murray, Jr. and William J. Edwards (M & E) against Ferguson Ranch, Inc. to obtain a right of way, termed a common law way of necessity, across Ferguson lands. Ferguson appeals the judgment granting M & E the right of way.

The question we must answer is this: Where a grantee takes title to a parcel of property which has no adequate means of ingress/egress (is landlocked), is the grantor obligated...

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