Dennison v. North Dakota Department of Human Services

MARING, Justice.

[¶ 1] The North Dakota Department of Human Services, as successor to the Public Welfare Board, appealed from a judgment quieting title to land in McIntosh County to John B. Dennison. We affirm.

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[¶ 2] In 1925, Katharina Deglau conveyed a tract of land in McIntosh County to Christoph Retzer. On August 6, 1951, Carlyle D. Onsrud, the executive director of the Public Welfare Board, executed a homestead statement for old-age assistance benefits under N.D.R.C. § 50-0707 (1943) on behalf of Christoph Retzer’s wife, Magdalena Retzer. The homestead statement, which was recorded on…