Taurus Corp. v. Roman Yourk Equity Pure Trust

ERICKSTAD, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal by The Taurus Corporation, a Wyoming corporation, plaintiff and appellant (hereinafter Taurus), from a summary judgment granted by the Billings County District Court, quieting title to certain land in Billings County in Roman Yourk, trustee of the Roman Yourk Equity Pure Trust, defendant and appellant (hereinafter Yourk).

This appeal concerns the proper construction of Section 47-16-36, N.D.C.C. That section basically establishes a procedure in which recorded oil, gas and other mineral leases can, in effect, be removed from the record by the lessor.…