ESTATE OF CHRISTESON v. GILSTAD

No. 20120328.

829 N.W.2d 453 (2013)

2013 ND 50

ESTATE OF Edythe M. CHRISTESON, aka Edyth M. Christison, Estate of Emmett C. Christeson, Estate of Ronald J. Christeson, and Patricia Mary Christeson, Dennis Piper, Betty Horn, Estate of Eleanor Christeson, Dublin Company and Lario Oil and Gas Company, Plaintiffs and Appellees v. Wade GILSTAD, Trustee under Irrevocable Trust Agreement dated 2/3/93, Wade Gilstad, Charles E. Gilstad, and Ruth Marie Smith, Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

April 4, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven J. Wild , Bowman, N.D., for plaintiffs and appellees.

Richard P. Olson (argued), Andrew T. Forward (appeared), Wanda L. Fischer (on brief), Minot, N.D., for defendants and appellants.


VANDE WALLE, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1] Wade Gilstad, individually and as trustee of an irrevocable trust, Charles Gilstad, and Ruth Smith ("Gilstads") appealed from a district court judgment quieting title in certain mineral interests in Patricia Christeson. We affirm, concluding the district court did not err in concluding the Gilstads did not acquire title to the disputed mineral interests under the abandoned mineral statutes.

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[¶ 2] In 1963...

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