Fahey v. Fife

Crothers, Justice.

[¶ 1] Anne Fahey, Timothy Fife and Richard D. Fife (Plaintiffs) appeal from a district court judgment in their action seeking cancellation of a quit claim deed from their deceased mother Marianne Fife to their deceased father Richard A. Fife relating to North Dakota minerals. The court rescinded the deed but concluded that under North Dakota’s intestacy laws in effect at Marianne. Fife’s death, the minerals passed to Richard A. Fife. The court concluded Richard A. Fife’s surviving spouse Joanne Fife owns the minerals. We affirm.

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Eli’2] Marianne Fife owned a mineral interest…