State v. J.P. Lamb Land Co.

PEDERSON, Justice.

The State has appealed from a summary judgment (Rule 56, NDRCivP) entered by the district court of Burleigh County, dismissing with prejudice and on the merits an action seeking a declaratory judgment (Chapter 32-23, NDCC and Rule 57, NDRCivP) relating to the corporate ownership of more than 5600 acres of farm and ranch land, substantially all in Nelson County. The State alleged that corporate ownership of agricultural lands under these circumstances is contrary to the provisions of the North Dakota Corporate Farming Law (Chapter 10-06, NDCC). We affirm the dismissal, not on…