WALDOCK v. AMBER HARVEST CORP.

No. 20120064.

820 N.W.2d 755 (2012)

2012 ND 180

Joe WALDOCK, Plaintiff and Appellant v. AMBER HARVEST CORPORATION; Alice Hanson; LaVonne Tatro; Margrethe C. Nelson; Gertrude Erickson; Marian Grams; Leon Crandall; Stewart Crandall; Hugh Crandall; Franklin Crandall; Donald Crandall; Larry Gensch; Gerald Gensch; Robin Armstrong; Donna Crane; Joan Archibald; Dale Beltz; Sandra Boone; LeRoy Beltz; Betty Lou Johnson; Kathleen Grimes Crandall; Catherine M. Hearrold; Lorraine Johnson; Dean G. Nelson and Betty J. Nelson; Kathy Lynn Brown; Gloria McKee; Colleen Hintz; Mavis Moe; Sharon M. Solomonson and Dean Solomonson; Romell D. Lawson; Dennis Nelson; David L. Nelson and Irene Nelson; LaDonna Munier; Sally K. Turnipseed; James Crandall; Timothy Crandall; Jane Crandall; Susan Elizabeth Crandall; Brendle Family Partnership; Beatrice Johnson; Robert Solomonson and Jean Marie Solomonson; Jean A. Anderson; Lois E. Howard; Carol J. Larson; Heirs and Devisees of Ida Marie Johnson, deceased; Heirs and Devisees of Freda Luth, deceased; Heirs and Devisees of William Beltz, deceased; Heirs and Devisees of Vernon Nelson, deceased; Heirs and Devisees of Gordon Crandall, deceased; Heirs and Devisees of Irma Jackson, deceased; Heirs and Devisees of Doris Hedberg; Cade Oil & Gas, LLC; EOG Resources, Inc.; WC Holdings, LLPP; Carol Tvedt; Darla Van; John H. Holt Oil Properties, Inc.; Donna McCutcheon; Barbara Green; Sandra Lee McKee; Diane Cooper; Mary Lou Lindbloom; Leona Williams; Nancy L. Martin; Lori Peters; Lisa Meier; Jason Robbins; Jeremy Robbins, a/k/a Jeremie Robbins; Nancy Martin; Trustee of the Larry Erickson Mineral Trust; Copperhead Corporation; Brent Hedberg; Ricky Hedberg; Randy Hedberg; Dee Ellen Lampert; Gerry Hedberg; Montana Oil Properties, Inc.; Northern Oil & Gas, Inc.; Western Resources, LLC; S. Reger Family Mineral Partnership, dated June 9, 2006; Ryan Family Mineral Partnership dated June 27, 2003; Summerfield C. Baldridge; Ernest Hanson; Shirley Hanson; Betty Trzpuc as Attorney in Fact for Violet Ceglowski; Kootenai Resource Corporation; Slawson Exploration Company, Inc.; and all persons unknown claiming any estate in or lien or encumbrance upon the property described in Complaint, Defendants Amber Harvest Corporation; LaVonne Tatro, Larry Gensch; Gerald Gensch; Robin Armstrong; Sharon M. Solomonson; Dean Solomonson; Romell D. Lawson; David L. Nelson and Irene Nelson; LaDonna Munier; Brendle Family Partnership; Cade Oil & Gas, LLC; John H. Holt Oil Properties, Inc.; Donna McCutcheon; Barbara Green; Sandra Lee McKee; Diane Cooper; Mary Lou Lindbloom; Leona Williams; Nancy L. Martin; Lori Peters; Lisa Meier; Jason Robbins; Jeremy Robbins, a/k/a Jeremie Robbins; Nancy Martin; Trustee of the Larry Erickson Mineral Trust; Ernest Hanson; Shirley Hanson; Betty Trzpuc as Attorney in Fact for Violet Ceglowski, Appellees.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

August 30, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jessica L. Merchant (argued), Richard P. Olson (appeared), and Wanda L. Fischer (on brief), Minot, N.D., for plaintiff and appellant.

Ariston E. Johnson (argued) and Dennis E. Johnson (on brief), Watford City, N.D., for defendant and appellee Amber Harvest Corporation.

Elizabeth Ledgerwood Pendlay (on brief), Crosby, N.D., for defendants and appellees Brendle Family Partnership, Ernest Hanson, Shirley Hanson, Romell D. Lawson, LaDonna Munier, David L. Nelson, Irene Nelson, Dean Solomonson, and Sharon M. Solomonson.

Michel W. Stefonowicz (on brief), West Fargo, N.D., for defendants and appellees Lavonne Tatro and Betty Trzpuc, Personal Representative of the Estate of Violet Ceglowski, formerly Attorney in Fact for Violet Ceglowski.

Dwight C. Eiken (argued), Williston, N.D., for appellees Cade Oil & Gas, LLC, and John H. Holt Oil Properties, Inc.

John H. MacMaster (on brief) and Ryan Geltel (on brief), Williston, N.D., for appellees Larry Gensch, Gerald Gensch, Robin Armstrong, Donna McCutcheon, Barbara Green, Sandra Lee McKee, Diane Cooper, Mary Lou Lindbloom, Leona Williams, Nancy L. Martin, Lori Peters, Lisa Meier, Jason Robbins, Jeremie Robbins, and Nancy Martin, Trustee of the Larry Erickson Mineral Trust.


KAPSNER, Justice.

[¶ 1] Joe Waldock appeals from a summary judgment quieting title to 25 percent of the mineral interests under a tract of land in Mountrail County in the successors in interest of the Estate of William C. Edwardson. Waldock argues the district court erred in deciding a 1954 administrator's deed from Edwardson's Estate to Waldock's predecessor in interest, Clark Van Horn, was equivalent to a quitclaim...

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