Wood v. Board Of County Commissioners Of Fremont County

759 P.2d 1250 (Wyo. 1988)

Purchase the Printed Copy at bsmsphd.com

Nature of the Case

To access this section all you need to do is click here and register.

Facts

The Woods (P) conveyed land to the Board (D) for the construction of a county hospital. P contends that the language in the deed created either a fee simple determinable or a fee simple subject to a condition subsequent with a right of reversion in them if the land ceased to be used for the hospital. The lands were conveyed, and D constructed a hospital upon them. In 1983, D sold the land and the original hospital facility to a private company. The buyer operated the hospital until September 1984 when it moved the operation to a newly constructed facility. The private company then put the land up for sale. Ps sued seeking recovery of the value of the land they conveyed to the county in 1948. D motioned for summary judgment. D was granted summary judgment, and P appealed.