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STETSON v. INVESTORS OIL, INC.

Civ. No. 8602.

176 N.W.2d 643 (1970)

D. E. STETSON, as Trustee in Bankruptcy of the Estate of Willard Odegaard, Bankrupt, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. INVESTORS OIL, INC., and Anchor Casualty Company, Defendants and Respondents, and Pan American Petroleum Corporation, Garnishee and Respondent. Roy H. PETERSON and Warde F. Wheaton, Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. LeRoy LUTZ, Sheriff of Williams County, and D. E. Stetson, as Trustee in Bankruptcy of the Estate of Willard Odegaard, Bankrupt, and Investors Oil, Inc., a foreign corporation, and William D. Walters, Defendants and Respondents, and Northwestern National Bank of Minneapolis, et al., Defendants and Appellants, and Pan American Petroleum Corporation, Intervening Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

Rehearing Denied May 15, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rolfstad, Winkjer & Suess, Williston, for the appellants Roy H. Peterson, and others.

Vogel, Bair & Graff, Mandan, for respondents LeRoy Lutz, Sheriff of Williams County, D. E. Stetson, as Trustee in Bankruptcy, and Anchor Casualty Co.

McIntee, Whisenand & Calton, Williston, for respondent William D. Walters.

Pearce, Engebretson, Anderson & Schmidt, Bismarck, for respondent Investors Oil, Inc.

Bjella & Jestrab, Williston, for respondent Pan American Petroleum Corp.

ERICKSTAD, Judge.

In 1960 Willard Odegaard commenced an action against Investors Oil, Inc., known as Civil No. 9785 in the District Court of Williams County. Investors Oil had drilled an oil well within the area encompassed by the Garrison Reservoir. At about the time that the oil well was completed the water in the reservoir began to rise and would have covered the wellhead unless something was done to protect it. Under the terms of the contract entered into between...

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