IN RE ESTATE OF SORENSON

Nos. 99-249, 99-267.

9 P.3d 259 (2000)

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF: Glenn A. SORENSON, Deceased. Jeff Sorenson, Appellant (Petitioner), v. Brett Sorenson, Appellee (Respondent). Jeff Sorenson, Appellant (Defendant), v. Brett Sorenson, Appellee (Plaintiff).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

July 27, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Representing Appellant: Paul J. Drew of Drew & Carlson, LLC, Gillette, Wyoming.

Representing Appellee: Hardy H. Tate, Sheridan, Wyoming.

Before LEHMAN, C.J., and THOMAS, MACY, GOLDEN, and HILL, JJ.


THOMAS, Justice.

Once 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...

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