ORTON v. ADAMS

No. 11074.

444 P.2d 62 (1968)

21 Utah 2d 245

Lollie D. ORTON, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. William B. ADAMS et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of Utah.

July 29, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sam Cline, of Cline, Jackson & McCoy, Milford, for appellants.

Patrick H. Fenton, Cedar City, for respondent.


ELLETT, Justice:

During his lifetime William B. Adams made deeds of his property wherein he named his children as the grantees of various parcels of land. He did this in order to avoid probate costs when he died. However, as the trial court found, he never delivered the deeds. The respondent obtained a judgment in tort against William B. Adams on September 19, 1958, and the children, appellants herein, without authority from their father got possession of the deeds...

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