Legal Opinion
Matter of Ownership of Bed of Devils Lake
North Dakota Supreme Court
Decided April 18, 1988No. Civ. 870144PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GIERKE, Justice.
The State of North Dakota and the Garrison Diversion Conservancy District (hereinafter collectively referred to as the State) appealed from a district court judgment in a class action concerning ownership of the bed of Devils Lake below the meander line. We affirm.
After remand in Park District of the City of Devils Lake v. Garcia, 334 N.W.2d 824 (N.D.1983), several quiet title actions were consolidated and the case was certified as a class action to quiet title to the bed of Devils Lake below the meander line around Devils Lake in certain designated townships. The membership…
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