Court Opinion

ID: 9566911
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 19:44:44.255952+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:43:02.123288
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*79WADE, Justice
(dissenting).
I concur with the dissenting opinion of Mr. Justice HENRIOD, except his criticism of the Brimm case decision. There is nothing inconsistent with the holding in the Brimm case and Mr. Justice HENRIOD’S contention in this case that the evidence which was stricken merely explains what the word, “appurtenant,” as used in the contract was intended to include. In fact the holding in the Brimm case is obviously consistent with the use of the stricken testimony in this case. Even more so than what Mr. Justice HENRIOD contends should have been held in that case.
One further comment: The prevailing opinion relies on the finding of the trial court that these shares of water stock were not appurtenant to the land. I have no doubt that there was sufficient evidence to support that finding and that it would be binding on this court if the trial court had not stricken plaintiffs’ evidence on that question from the record. However, the fact that the court struck that evidence from the record is a holding that such evidence should not be considered in determining the issue of whether such water was appurtenant to the land. If the evidence was erroneously stricken we are not bound by a finding of the trial court which was not based on all admissible evidence.