Pederson v. Federal Land Bank of St. Paul

MORRIS, Judge.

This is an action to quiet title to the northeast- quarter of section twenty-three, township one hundred fifty-seven, range ninety-five in Williams County brought by the plaintiff Lawrence Pederson whose complaint alleges that he is the absolute owner. The defendant Hunt Oil Company alleges in its answer that the ownership of the plaintiff is subject to an oil and gas lease dated May 25, 1948, from the plaintiff Lawrence Pederson and Thelma Skjel-stad Pederson, his wife, to the Hunt Oil Company covering the land in question and recorded in the office of the register of deeds of…