Stuber v. Engel

Tufte, Justice.

[¶1] Dudley Stuber, trustee of the D.J. Stuber Land and Royalty Trust, and Rocky Svihl, trustee of the RGKH Mineral & Royalty Trust (collectively “Plaintiffs”), appealed from a judgment deciding ownership of certain mineral interests in favor of the estates of Victoria Davis and Helen Jaumotte. We affirm the district court’s decision quieting title, but reverse its decision awarding damages to the Victoria Davis and Helen Jaumotte heirs.

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[¶2] Charlotte Nohle owned minerals in and under property located in Williams and McKenzie Counties. She died in 1957 and her will directed…