Aho v. Maragos

MARING, Justice.

[¶ 1] Gloria Aho, Beverly J. Hamel, and Darlene Aliff appeal from a district court judgment quieting title in certain minerals in them, but ordering them to execute an oil and gas lease in favor of Alex Maragos. We affirm.

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[¶ 2] This is the fourth appeal involving litigation of the various claims to the mineral interests underlying certain land in Bottineau County. See Maragos v. Union Oil Co. of California, 1998 ND 180, 584 N.W.2d 850; Aho v. Maragos, 1998 ND 107, 579 N.W.2d 165; Maragos v. Norwest Bank Minnesota, N.A., 507 N.W.2d 562 (N.D.1993). Edwin and Mildred Feland…