Sorenson v. Bakken Investments, LLC

Tufte, Justice.

[¶ 1] William Everett and 14 others (collectively “Everett • defendants”) appeal from a judgment quieting title to certain McKenzie County mineral interests in Craig and Barbara Sorenson against the Everett defendants. We affirm because collateral estoppel bars the Everett defendants’ arguments in this case.

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[¶ 2] In 2010 the Sorensons sued the Everett defendants and others to quiet title to certain mineral interests, claiming they had succeeded to ownership of those interests because the interests were abandoned under the Termination of Mineral Interest Act, N.D.C.C. ch.…