¶1Filed 10/13/15 by Clerk of Supreme Court
¶2IN THE SUPREME COURT
¶3STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA
¶11Douglas J. Meyer, Pamela C. Handley,
¶12Stephen T. Meyer, Andrea K. Meyer,
¶13Emil J. Meyer, Jr., Plaintiffs and Appellants
¶15v.
¶17Noman E. Engebretson, Stephanie C. McCall
¶18and Robert E. McCall Trustees of the
¶19Stephanie C. McCall Living Trust dated
¶20December 21, 2010, Karen E. Smith Personal
¶21Representative of the Estate of Caryl E. Smith,
¶22North Dakota Minerals, LLC, Wilma Wiengart, Daniel
¶23Meyer, Sandra Spehar, Claude Dean Davis, Kelly Marie
¶24Fox, Michelle Annette Jefferson, James Ghrames, Gary P.
¶25Hytrek, Pamela C. Hytrek, Cheryl D. Hytrek, Barbara
¶26June Nisley, Fred Louis Orchard, Eric J. (and Regina)
¶27Kaupanger, Elena M. Brady Trustee of the Mark A.
¶28Kaupanger 2008 Irrevocable Special Needs Trust,
¶29Heir of Arthur M. Kaupanger, Sonja M. Nelson,
¶30Kristiane Kaupanger, f/k/a Chris Ellis, Karen
¶31L. Kaupanger, Karlene R. Dahlmeier, Cynthia
¶32K. Kaupanger, Kurt Kaupanger, American Oil
¶33and Gas, Inc., Evertson Energy Partners Royalty,
¶34LLC, Gary C. Stewart, S&E Royalty, LLC,
¶35Sundance Energy, Inc., Morganthaler Oil and
¶36Gas Properties, LLC, Charles J. Heringer III Trustee,
¶37Horizon Royalties, LLC, OGR Bakken Resources, LLC,
¶38Hess Corporation, WM ND Energy Resources II, LLC,
¶39and any individual or entity known and
¶40or unknown who may have or claim interest in
¶41mineral ownership in and to all oil gas and
¶42other minerals in the subject lands, Defendants
¶44Hess Corporation, Sonja M. Eckert, Karen A. Bailey,
¶45Robert C. Engebretson, Henry M. Hanson, Dean C. Hanson,
¶46Angela Scott DeGrado, Myrna Elletson, Deanna Faye Asmus,
¶47Nancy Carlson, Debra Neff, Kristen Giuseffi,
¶48Dennis Meyer, Christie Meyer, Kay Malloy, Bruce R. Davis,
¶49John M. Pearsall, Jeanine Sanders, David O. Pearsall
¶50The Estate of Oliver O. Pearsall, c/o John M.
¶51Pearsall, Ann Marie Urban, LPI Holdings, LLC, Eagle Pass
¶52Properties, LLC, Rose Exploration, Inc., William R. LaCrosse
¶53and Tammy LaCrosse, XTO Energy, Inc., Whiting Oil
¶54and Gas Corporation, Northern Oil and Gas, Inc., Triangle
¶55USA Petroleum Corporation, Appellees
¶59No. 20150170
¶63Appeal from the District Court of Williams County, Northwest Judicial District, the Honorable David W. Nelson, Judge.
¶65AFFIRMED.
¶67Per Curiam.
¶69Gary M. Beaudry, 836 Holt Drive, Suite 210, Big Fork, Mont. 59911, for plaintiffs and appellants.
¶71Michael D. Schoepf (argued) and Lawrence Bender (on brief), 1133 College Drive, Suite 1000, Bismarck, N.D. 58501, for appellees John M. Pearsall, Jeanine Sanders, David O. Pearsall, The Estate of Oliver O. Pearsall, c/o John M. Pearsall, Ann Marie Urban, LPI Holdings, LLC, Eagle Pass Properties, LLC, Rose Exploration, Inc., William R. LaCrosse and Tammy LaCrosse, XTO Energy, Inc., Northern Oil and Gas, Inc., and Triangle USA Petroleum Corporation.
¶73Jon Bogner (on brief), P.O. Box 1173, Dickinson, N.D. 58602-1173, for appellee Whiting Oil and Gas Corporation.
¶75Gene W. Allen (on brief), P.O. Box 188, Beach, N.D. 58621-0188, for appellees Sonja M. Eckert, Karen A. Bailey, Robert C. Engebretson, Henry M. Hanson, Dean C. Hanson, Angela Scott DeGrado, Myrna Elletson, Deanna Faye Asmus, Nancy Carlson, Debra Neff, Kristen Giuseffi, Dennis Meyer, Christie Meyer, Kay Malloy, and Bruce R. Davis.
¶77Elizabeth E. Klingensmith (on brief) and Michael J. Mazzone (on brief), 1221 McKinney Street, Suite 2100, Houston, Tex. 77010-2007; Peter H. Furuseth (on brief) and Taylor D. Olson (on brief), P.O. Box 417, Williston, N.D. 58802-0417, for appellee Hess Corporation.
¶78Meyer v. Engebretson
¶79No. 20150170
¶81Per Curiam.
¶82[¶1] Douglas Meyer, Pamela Handley, Stephen Meyer, Andrea Meyer, and Emil Meyer, Jr. (collectively “Emil Meyer Heirs”), appeal from a summary judgment deciding ownership of certain Williams County mineral interests. The Emil Meyer Heirs argue the district court erred in interpreting an executrix deed conveying property and excepting and reserving mineral interests. They contend the deed conveyed and reserved all of the decedent’s mineral interests resulting in an overconveyance, the rule for construing overconveyances from Duhig v. Peavy-
¶83Moore Co., 144 S.W.2d 878 (1940) applies, and the purported reservation of the mineral interests was ineffective. In Waldock v. Amber Harvest Corp., 2012 ND 180, 820 N.W.2d 755, this Court interpreted a similar deed and rejected an argument that the plain language of the deed resulted in an overconveyance of mineral interests and that the Duhig rule applied. We conclude the plain language of the executrix deed is clear and unambiguous and the Duhig rule is not applicable because the deed did not result in an overconveyance of mineral interests. We summarily affirm under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(6) and (7).
¶84[¶2] Gerald W. VandeWalle, C.J.
¶85Carol Ronning Kapsner
¶86Lisa Fair McEvers
¶87Daniel J. Crothers
¶88Dale V. Sandstrom