SLAWSON v. NORTH DAKOTA INDUS. COM'N

Civ. No. 10424.

339 N.W.2d 772 (1983)

Donald C. SLAWSON, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. NORTH DAKOTA INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

October 31, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fleck, Mather, Strutz & Mayer, Bismarck, for plaintiff and appellee; argued by John Morrison, Bismarck.

Douglas L. Johnson, Asst. Atty. Gen., N.D. Industrial Commission, State Capitol, Bismarck, for defendant and appellant; argued by Douglas L. Johnson.

Zuger & Bucklin, Bismarck, for the Mineral Owners. Appearance by Thomas O. Smith, Bismarck.


ERICKSTAD, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a district court judgment reversing that portion of a Commission order providing for a 1/8th cost free royalty interest to owners of unleased mineral interests within a pooled unit. We reverse.

In 1978, Agnes Ceglowski executed an oil and gas lease covering certain minerals in the SW¼ of Section 4, Township 158 North, Range 103 West, in Williams County, North Dakota. The minerals in the SW¼ of Section...

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