Baukol-Noonan, Inc. v. Bargmann

VANDE WALLE, Justice.

The plaintiff, Baukol-Noonan, Inc., the lessee under a coal lease from Samuel Hen-derscheid, Sr., instituted an action in district court naming the heirs of Samuel, Sr., as defendants, and requested the court to construe the terms of a trust created under the will of Samuel, Sr., in order to determine which of the defendants are entitled to receive payments called for under the lease. Certain defendants cross-claimed against other defendants. The district court, after trial without a jury, quieted title in one defendant, Samuel Hender-scheid, Jr., and barred the claims of…