State Ex Rel. Public Service Commission v. R. F. Gunkelman & Sons, Inc.

KNUDSON, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court of Burleigh County, which judgment was based on the adoption by the district court of the findings of fact and conclusions of law of a referee who was appointed, under Rule 53, N.D.R.Civ. P., to hear this case.

This appeal is pursued in this court by the First National Bank and Trust Company of Fargo, The Merchants National Bank and Trust Company of Fargo, and the Bunge Corporation, all of whom are secured creditors of R. F. Gunkelman & Sons, Inc. (Gunkelman), and by James H. Herzog, the successor trustee in bankruptcy of…