Rolfstad, Winkjer, Suess, McKennett & Kaiser, P.C. v. Hanson

JOHNSON, Judge.

This case is the fourth in a series of appeals related to an oil well drilled within a portion of the Garrison Reservoir. The rising waters of the reservoir necessitated the construction of an earthen mound to protect the well site. This litigation has come to be more popularly known as the “Mound Cases.” Odegaard v. Investors Oil, Inc., 118 N.W.2d 362 (N.D.1962); Stetson v. Investors Oil, Inc., 140 N.W.2d 349 (N.D.1966); Stetson v. Investors Oil, Inc., 176 N.W.2d 643 (N.D.1970).

The respondent (the Rolfstad firm) recovered in the district court on its suit for attorney fees and…