Hallin v. Lyngstad

CROTHERS, Justice.

[¶ 1] Defendants/Appellants (“Lyng-stads”) appeal from a summary judgment quieting title in the Plaintiffs/Appellees (“Hallins”) to a 2/3 interest of an undivided 3/4 interest in minerals in land in Mount-rail County. We conclude the legal effect of a 1960 warranty deed’s plain language, excepting and expressly reserving “unto the Grantors” an “undivided 3/4 interest” in the minerals, did not alter the grantors’ proportion of ownership existing before execution of the 1960 deed. We affirm.

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[¶ 2] This appeal arises out of a quiet title action for mineral interests in…