Ames v. Rose Township Board of Township Supervisors

VANDE WALLE, Chief Justice.

LeRoy Ames appealed from an amended declaratory judgment holding that certain cattle guards and gateways constructed across section lines were in compliance with North Dakota law, and thereby denying his amended petition for a writ of man damus which sought to compel their removal. We affirm.

Ames has an interest in certain non-contiguous real estate located in Rose Township, Stutsman County, North Dakota, on which he conducts a farming and ranching operation. The disjointed nature of Ames’s holdings requires him to utilize public highways to transport his farming…