¶1Filed 4/5/00 by Clerk of Supreme Court
¶2IN THE SUPREME COURT
¶3STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA
¶11Alex M. Friedt, Ralph A.
¶12Friedt and Emma Friedt,
¶13attorney-in-fact for Jacob A. Friedt, Plaintiffs and Appellants
¶15v.
¶17Hettinger County, North Dakota,
¶18a political subdivision, Valentine J.
¶19Friedt, William J. Friedt, Lillian
¶20Friedt, Anna Bergenheier, Victor J.
¶21Friedt, Carleen Friedt Olson,
¶22Linda Huether, David Friedt,
¶23Dean Friedt, Dion Friedt, Dana Friedt,
¶24Verena Johnson, Dwight Friedt, Carla
¶25Albrecht, Carlotta Kostelecky, Timothy Raab,
¶26Joshus Raab and Tanya Raab, Defendants and Appellees
¶30No. 990374
¶34Appeal from the District Court of Hettinger County, Southwest Judicial District, the Honorable Allan L. Schmalenberger, Judge.
¶36AFFIRMED.
¶38Per Curiam.
¶40Albert J. Hardy of Hardy, Maus & Nordsven, P.O. Box 570, Dickinson, ND 58602-0570, for plaintiffs and appellants.
¶42Craig C. Smith of Fleck, Mather & Strutz, P.O. Box 2798, Bismarck, ND 58502-2798, for defendant and appellee Hettinger County.
¶44Bruce A. Selinger of Kubik, Bogner, Ridl & Selinger, P.O. Box 1173, Dickinson, N.D. 58602-1173, for defendants and appellees.
¶46No. 990374
¶48Per Curiam.
¶49[¶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.
¶50[¶2] We summarily affirm the trial court's judgment under Rule 35.1 (a)(6), N.D.R.App.P.
¶51[¶3] Gerald W. VandeWalle, C.J.
¶52William A. Neumann
¶53Mary Muehlen Maring
¶54Carol Ronning Kapsner
¶55Dale V. Sandstrom