Grandin v. Gardiner

MORRIS, Chief Justice.

This is a statutory action to determine adverse claims involving 120 acres of land in Mountrail County which was originally conveyed by United States patent to Lalir-its Mandrup Jensen on June 19, 192S, and described as the N ½- SW ½ and the SW ¼ NW ¾, of Section 34, Township 157, Range 94. On February 18, 1937, the defendant Jensen conveyed to the defendant John W. Smith all the oil, gas, and other minerals in and under the land in question and on October 27, 1931, granted an easement for a gas pipe line to the Montana-Dakota Power Company. Jensen paid taxes on the land…