Riverwood Commercial Park, LLC v. Standard Oil Co.

VANDE WALLE, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1] Riverwood Commercial Park, LLC, and Tom S. Freidt (collectively “Riv-erwood”) appealed from a summary judgment dismissing Riverwood’s action against Standard Oil Company, Inc. (“Standard”) and Tesoro Refining and Marketing Company (“Tesoro”). We conclude the district court did not err in granting summary-judgment dismissal of Riverwood’s claims because the court correctly ruled as a matter of law that Standard had been granted an easement rather than a license to operate a sewer pipeline in Morton County. We affirm.

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[¶ 2] The historical background of this case…