Northern Oil & Gas Co. v. Birkeland

In examining the brief and reply brief of appellant we find statements reflecting on the ability and integrity of the trial judge, which we cannot permit to go unnoticed. We quote some of them:

"The trial court evidently does not grasp the facts or the law of the case. * * *. When we therefore read paragraph 10 of the findings or apology of the trial judge, we note * * *. But it never seemed to occur to the trial judge in his various apologies for Birkeland that his findings were inconsistent with each other or with the evidence * * *. In fact as the record shows the more falsehoods that…