Opinion
No. 990374.
Decided April 5, 2000.
Appeal from the District Court of Hettinger County, Southwest Judicial District, the Honorable Allan L. Schmalenberger, Judge.
AFFIRMED.
Albert J. Hardy of Hardy, Maus Nordsven, P.O. Box 570, Dickinson, ND 58602-0570, for plaintiffs and appellants.
Craig C. Smith of Fleck, Mather Strutz, P.O. Box 2798, Bismarck, ND 58502-2798, for defendant and appellee Hettinger County.
Bruce A. Selinger of Kubik, Bogner, Ridl Selinger, P.O. Box 1173, Dickinson, N.D. 58602-1173, for defendants and appellees.
NOTE: SUMMARY OPINION, SEE NORTH DAKOTA RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE, RULE 35.1
[¶ 1] Alex M. Friedt, Ralph A. Friedt and Emma Friedt, attorney-in-fact for Jacob A. Friedt, appeal from a summary judgment, holding a mineral reservation unambiguously failed to except a one-half interest in a section of Hettinger County land. The appellants argue the reservation's clear meaning excepted a one-half interest, or, at a minimum, is ambiguous. The reservation unambiguously failed to except the one-half interest, and the clear language governs our interpretation. N.D.C.C. §§ 9-07-02 and 47-09-11.
[¶ 2] We summarily affirm the trial court's judgment under Rule 35.1(a)(6), N.D.R.App.P.
[¶ 3] Gerald W. VandeWalle, C.J.
William A. Neumann
Mary Muehlen Maring
Carol Ronning Kapsner
Dale V. Sandstrom