Shirley v. State

SATHRE, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court of Billings County, North Dakota, vesting title in the defendant the State of North Dakota to the following-described real property situated in Billings County, North Dakota, and described as follows:

All minerals of any nature whatsoever, including coal, iron, natural gas, and oil upon or in Lots 1, 2, 3, and 4, Section 2, Township 139, Range 101 west of the 5th Principal Meridian, together with the use of such of the surface necessary for exploring for mining or extracting and carrying away the same.

This action was…