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MATTER OF GREAT NORTHERN IRON ORE PROPERTIES

Nos. 50845, 50879 and 50914.

311 N.W.2d 488 (1981)

In the Matter of the Trust Known as GREAT NORTHERN IRON ORE PROPERTIES.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

October 30, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Doherty, Rumble & Butler, Jack Foote, Frank Claybourne, John Yilek, St. Paul, for appellant trustees.

Charles Howard, Minneapolis, for Charles Howard, et al.

Arter & Hadden and Thomas Koykka and William Burton, Cleveland, Ohio, Oppenheimer, Wolff, Foster, Shepard & Donnelly and David Donnelly, St. Paul, for C. Arms, et al.

Briggs & Morgan and Frank Hammond, Frank Farrell and Richard Wicka, St. Paul, for Burlington Northern.

Harold Siegel, Minneapolis, for M. Siegel.

Heard, considered, and decided by the court en banc.

PETERSON, Justice.

On this appeal, the third in the course of the litigation concerning the trust known as Great Northern Iron Ore Properties, we are asked to review the district court's order directing the trust to pay attorney fees and expenses of various parties in the total amount of $1,827,212.32. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

The trust known as Great Northern Iron Ore Properties was established in 1906 by Lake Superior Company, Ltd., a partnership...

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