Seccombe v. Rohde

VandeWalle, Chief Justice.

[¶1] George Seccombe and other heirs of Olaf Nasset ("Nasset heirs") and the intervener plaintiffs, Slawson Exploration Company, Inc., and Alameda Energy, Inc., appealed from a judgment deciding ownership of certain minerals in Mountrail County. We conclude the district court properly determined ownership of the minerals and did not err in dismissing the Nasset heirs' breach of fiduciary duty claim. We affirm.

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[¶2] Olaf Nasset owned real property in Mountrail County described as the southeast quarter of section 5 and the northeast quarter of section 8 of township 151…