Legal Opinion
Towne v. Sautter
North Dakota Supreme Court
Decided November 24, 1982No. Civ. 10097PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PEDERSON, Justice.
This is an appeal from a judgment entered by the district court of Emmons County ordering Donald Towne to either remove his personal property from farmland owned by Neil Sautter or forfeit his ownership rights in the property, and awarding Sautter damages for waste. We affirm the award of damages for waste and reverse the trial court’s order of forfeiture.
Towne and his family moved on a farmstead owned by Sautter in the fall of 1974. They lived there rent-free until that spring, when Towne and Sautter entered into a verbal crop-share agreement. While living on the farm,…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Kraft v. MaloneNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1981
- State v. WestSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1977
- Rich v. RunyonCourt of Appeals of Oregon · 1981
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3Cited by6 opinions
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- In Re DiegelUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. North Dakota · 1997
- Hutton v. JanzNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1986
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