GAWRYLUK v. POYNTER

No. 20020121.

654 N.W.2d 400 (2002)

2002 ND 205

James GAWRYLUK, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. A.M. POYNTER; unknown heirs of A.M. Poynter; Mineral Opportunities Inc.; Bayou Production Company, Inc.; Catherine M. Viola; William H. Plagemen, Jr., Trustee of the Catherine M. Viola Trust dated August 2, 1991; Bejie A. Vinson; Glen S. Cade; Jerry Belmonte; Betty B. Maranto; Beth J. Crafton; Paul H. Crafton; Alex H. Keller; any other heirs or devisees of G.A. Crafton, aka Grover A. Crafton; all other persons unknown claiming an estate or interest in or lien or encumbrance upon the property described in the Complaint, Defendants, William H. PLAGEMEN, Jr., Trustee of the Catherine M. Viola Trust, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

December 20, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Morrison, Fleck, Mather & Strutz, Bismarck, N.D., for defendant and appellant.

Michael J. Maus, Hardy, Maus & Nordsven, P.C., Dickinson, N.D., for plaintiff and appellee.


KAPSNER, Justice.

[¶ 1] William H. Plagemen, Jr., the trustee of the Catherine M. Viola Trust ("Viola Trust"), appealed from a judgment quieting title to twenty-five mineral acres in a tract of land in Billings County to James Gawryluk. We hold an August 17, 1951, mineral deed from A.M. Poynter, the Viola Trust's predecessor in interest, to G.A. Crafton, Gawryluk's predecessor in interest, entitled Gawryluk to quiet...

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