Falconaero Enterprise, Inc. v. Bowers

Utah Supreme Court

Falconaero Enterprise, Inc. v. Bowers

398 P.2d 206, 16 Utah 2d 202, 1965 Utah LEXIS 516

CourtUtah Supreme Court

DecidedJanuary 22, 1965

DocketNo. 10173

StatusPublished

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Falconaero Enterprise, Inc. v. Bowers, 398 P.2d 206, 16 Utah 2d 202, 1965 Utah LEXIS 516 (Utah 1965).

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WADE, Justice:

Defendant, Intermountain Development, Inc., appeals from a judgment quieting plaintiffs’ tax title to 20 acres of land which is a part of a larger tract of land containing about 1,000 acres of contiguous land in plaintiffs’ possession. Since 1949, plaintiffs have operated a chuckwagon restaurant, some stables, and have used the larger tract for grazing purposes. Also, on the larger tract there is a lake with some improvements. The larger tract was enclosed by an electric barbwire fence.

Plaintiff, Falconaero Enterprises, and the larger tract were involved in the case of Falconaero Enterprise, Inc. v. Valley Investment Company, 16 Utah 2d 77, 395 P.2d 915. In the present case, after appellant raised the issue of Falconaero’s right to sue because the corporation had been dissolved, the court permitted Charles W. Taggart, the sole owner of the corporate stock and the grantee in a warranty deed from Falconaero, to join as plaintiff. This was clearly within the discretion of the trial court under Utah Rules of Civil Procedure 15(a) and 21.

Under Section 16-10-100, U.C.A.1953, Replacement Volume 2, the dissolution of a corporation does not take away any remedy available to the corporation for any claim existing prior to the dissolution, and action may be commenced thereon within two years after such dissolution. This action was commenced about a month after the dissolution.

There is no dispute that the larger tract has been enclosed by an electrified barbwire fence. Stables and other improvements have been maintained thereon, and' horses pastured by the plaintiffs, and the taxes paid on the 20-acre tract for the [204]*204seven-year - period. Also, plaintiifs have held exclusive possession without any interruption or interference by appellant. All of these facts were found by the trial court. Thus under Sections 78-12-5, 78-12-9(2) and 78-12-12, plaintiifs have clearly established title by adverse possession for a period of seven years.

Judgment affirmed. Costs to plaintiffs.

HENRIOD, C. J., and McDONOUGH, CROCKETT and CALLISTER, JJ., concur.

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WADE, Justice:

Defendant, Intermountain Development, Inc., appeals from a judgment quieting plaintiffs’ tax title to 20 acres of land which is a part of a larger tract of land containing about 1,000 acres of contiguous land in plaintiffs’ possession. Since 1949, plaintiffs have operated a chuckwagon restaurant, some stables, and have used the larger tract for grazing purposes. Also, on the larger tract there is a lake with some improvements. The larger tract was enclosed by an electric barbwire fence.

Plaintiff, Falconaero Enterprises, and the larger tract were involved in the case of Falconaero Enterprise, Inc. v. Valley Investment Company, 16 Utah 2d 77, 395 P.2d 915. In the present case, after appellant raised the issue of Falconaero’s right to sue because the corporation had been dissolved, the court permitted Charles W. Taggart, the sole owner of the corporate stock and the grantee in a warranty deed from Falconaero, to join as plaintiff. This was clearly within the discretion of the trial court under Utah Rules of Civil Procedure 15(a) and 21.

Under Section 16-10-100, U.C.A.1953, Replacement Volume 2, the dissolution of a corporation does not take away any remedy available to the corporation for any claim existing prior to the dissolution, and action may be commenced thereon within two years after such dissolution. This action was commenced about a month after the dissolution.

There is no dispute that the larger tract has been enclosed by an electrified barbwire fence. Stables and other improvements have been maintained thereon, and' horses pastured by the plaintiffs, and the taxes paid on the 20-acre tract for the [204]*204seven-year - period. Also, plaintiifs have held exclusive possession without any interruption or interference by appellant. All of these facts were found by the trial court. Thus under Sections 78-12-5, 78-12-9(2) and 78-12-12, plaintiifs have clearly established title by adverse possession for a period of seven years.

Judgment affirmed. Costs to plaintiffs.

HENRIOD, C. J., and McDONOUGH, CROCKETT and CALLISTER, JJ., concur.

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