Legal Opinion
Nodland v. Plainsmen Petroleum, Inc.
North Dakota Supreme Court
Decided April 13, 1978No. Civ. 9409PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PEDERSON, Justice.
This is an appeal from a decision ordering the rescission of a contract (lease) by which Nodland conveyed to Plainsmen Petroleum, Inc., (hereinafter Plainsmen) a leasehold interest in the coal reserves underlying certain lands in Dunn County, North Dakota. The case was tried to the court without a jury. We reverse.
The facts, essentially as they were found by the trial court, are as follows:
In September 1971, Charles W. Skjod, an agent of Plainsmen, appeared at the Nod-land farmstead and solicited a coal lease. Nodland informed Skjod that he was not interested in leasing as…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- State v. JelliffNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1977
- Pickering v. LomaxSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Lykins v. McGrathSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
- Horgan v. RussellNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1913
- State v. AllesiNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1974
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Co. v. Town of DanversMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1991
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- Nygaard v. RobinsonNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1983
- Texaro Oil Co. v. MosserNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1980
- Nodland v. Nokota Co.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1981
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