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MARAGOS v. UNION OIL CO. OF CALIFORNIA

Civil No. 980046.

584 N.W.2d 850 (1998)

1998 ND 180

Alex MARAGOS, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. UNION OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, Defendant and Appellee, Norwest Bank Minnesota, N.A., Flore Properties, Inc., Phillip Armstrong as Trustee of the Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Estate of Kye Trout, Jr., Case No. 87-05075, and all other persons unknown claiming any estate or interest in, or lien or encumbrance upon, the property described in the Complaint, Defendants.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

October 1, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Skowronek, of Lamont & Skowronek, Minot, for plaintiff and appellant.

Gary R. Wolberg, of Fleck, Mather & Strutz, Bismarck, for defendant and appellee.

MARING, Justice.

[¶ 1] Alex Maragos appealed from a judgment dismissing his action against Union Oil Company of California (Unocal) for slander of title. We conclude Maragos failed to prove special damages, a requisite element of slander of title, and we affirm the judgment.

[¶ 2] Only a brief recitation of facts is necessary for resolution of this appeal.1 In 1988, Maragos received a lease on certain oil and gas rights...

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