IRGENS v. MOBIL OIL CORP.

Civ. No. 880278.

442 N.W.2d 223 (1989)

Tom IRGENS and Judith A. Irgens, Plaintiffs, Appellants, and Cross-Appellees, v. MOBIL OIL CORPORATION, Successor to the Superior Oil Company, Defendant, Appellee, and Cross-Appellant.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

June 6, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rolfstad, Winkjer, McKennett & Stenehjem, P.C., Williston, for plaintiffs, appellants, and cross-appellees; argued by Kent Reierson.

Bjella, Neff, Rathert, Wahl & Eiken, P.C., Williston, for defendant, appellee, and cross-appellant; argued by Dwight C. Eiken.


MESCHKE, Justice.

Tom and Judy Irgens appealed from an order granting a new trial to Mobil Oil Corporation on both liability and damages for failure to properly complete an oil well. Mobil cross-appealed from an order denying judgment notwithstanding the verdict. We affirm.

In December 1984, Mobil drilled an oil and gas well, known as the Johnson well, on Irgens' property in the NW¼ of Section 27-156-100, a part of the East Fork Field near Williston....

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