Desert Partners IV, L.P. v. Benson

SANDSTROM, Justice,

[¶ 1] John Benson appeals from a summary judgment quieting title in disputed mineral interests in Desert Partners IV, L.P. Benson argues the'' district court erred in concluding Desert Partners and Family Tree Corporation, Inc., were entitled to summary judgment as good-faith purchasers for value- of the disputed mineral interests. We conclude summary judgment' was inappropriate, and ■ we reverse and remand.

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[¶ 2] This quiet title action' involves competing claims to disputed mineral interests in 160 acres of land in McKenzie County, describéd as:

Township 152 North, Range…