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| [North Dakota] Estate of Schmidt | 1997/12/23 | Docket No: 970183 1997 ND 244In the Matter of the Estate of Odelia M. Schmidt, DeceasedGerald Schmidt, Petitioner and Appellantv.Arnold Schmidt, Individually, and as the Personal Representative of the Estate of Odelia Schmidt, Deceased, and Elmer Schmidt, Lorraine Schmidt, and Marlene Sorenson,Respondents and AppelleesCivil No. 970183Appeal from the District Court for McLean County, South Central Judicial District, the Honorable Thomas J. Schneider, Judge.AFFIRMED.Opinion of the Court by VandeWalle, Chief Justice.James J. Coles, of Snyder Coles Lawyers, Bismarck, for petitioner and appellant.Thomas A. Wentz, of Pringle & Herigstad, PC, Minot, for respondents and appellees. |
| [North Dakota] Estate of Schiermeister | 2009/10/13 | Docket No: 20080287&20090169 2009 ND 175In the Matter of the Estate of George Norman Schiermeister, DeceasedSteven Schiermeister, Appelleev.Rodney Schiermeister and Timothy Schiermeister, in their capacity as Personal Representatives of the Estate of George Norman Schiermeister, deceased, AppellantsNo. 20080287Steven Schiermeister, Plaintiff and Appelleev.Rodney Schiermeister and Timothy Schiermeister, in their capacity as Personal Representatives of the Estate of George Norman Schiermeister, deceased, Defendants and AppellantsNo. 20090169Appeals from the District Court of Emmons County, South Central Judicial District, the Honorable Robert O. Wefald, Judge.AFFIRMED.Per Curiam.David Rodger Bliss (appeared), and Jackie M. Stebbins Arithson (argued), third-year law student, under the Rule on Limited Practice of Law by Law Students, 109 North 4th Street, Suite 300, Bismarck, N.D. 58502, for plaintiff and appellee.Donavin L. Grenz, P.O. Box 637, Linton, N.D. 58552-0637, for defendants and appellants. |
| [North Dakota] Estate of Schatz | 1988/02/25 | Docket No: 870123 Wilfred Schatz, Petitioner and Appellantv.Elizabeth Schatz, Personal Representative of the Estate of Fred S. Schatz, Deceased, Respondent and AppelleeIn the Matter of the Estate of Fred A. Schatz, DeceasedNo. 870123Appeal from the Hettinger County Court, the Honorable F. Gene Gruber, Judge.AFFIRMED IN PART, REVERSED IN PART, AND REMANDED.Opinion of the Court by Levine, Justice.Mackoff, Kellogg, Kirby & Kloster, Dickinson, for petitioner and appellant; argued by Ward M. Kirby.Freed, Dynes, Reichert & Buresh, Dickinson, and. Reuben J. Bloedau, Mott, for respondent and appellee; appearance by Reuben J. Bloedau; argued by George T. Dynes. |
| [North Dakota] Estate of Samuelson | 2008/10/24 | Docket No: 20080075 2008 ND 190In the Matter of the Estate of Ernest Samuelson, DeceasedAmanda J. West and Robin A. West, Petitioners and Appelleesv.Opal Myrvik, individually and as Personal Representative for the Estate of Ernest Samuelson, and Alice Sherlock, Ellen Sherlock, Lowell Veum, Allan E. Veum, Raymond Veum, Nancy Salwei, Eugene Ljunggren, Dale Ljunggren, LeRoy Ljunggren, Clyde Ellingson, Boyd Ellingson, Joseph J. Charon, James Charon, Jr., Nancy Steinmann, Thomas Charon, LaVern Hanson, and Eileen Wagner, Respondents and AppellantsandRonald Samuelson, RespondentNo. 20080075Appeal from the District Court of Walsh County, Northeast Judicial District, the Honorable M. Richard Geiger, Judge.AFFIRMED.Opinion of the Court by Kapsner, Justice.Daniel E. Buchanan, Buchanan Law Office, 110 1st St. E., P.O. Box 879, Jamestown, ND 58402-0879, for petitioners and appellees.John A. Warcup, Letnes, Marshall, Swanson & Warcup, Ltd., 1397 Library Cir., Ste. 202, P.O. Box 12909, Grand Forks, ND 58208-2909, for respondents and appellants. |
| [North Dakota] Estate of Risovi | 1988/09/20 | Docket No: 870274 In the Matter of the Estate of Frank Risovi, DeceasedPaul Putnam, AppellantCivil No. 870274Appeal from the County Court of Ramsey County, Northeast Judicial District, the Honorable John C. McClintock, Judge.REVERSED AND REMANDED.Opinion of the Court by Meschke, Justice.Nathanson & Wray, 333 West Wacker Dr., Suite 330, Chicago, IL 60606, for appellant; argued by Robyn E. Jennings. Appearance by Terry L. Adkins.Lamb, McNair, Larson & Carlson, Ltd., 51 Broadway, Suite 600, P. 0. Box 2189, Fargo, ND 58108, for the appellee Personal Representative of the Estate of Frank Risovi; argued by Gregory L. Thompson. |
| [North Dakota] Estate of Ridl | 1990/04/25 | Docket No: 890257 In the Matter of the Estate of William Ridl, DeceasedRobert B. Baird, Respondent, Appellant and Cross-Appelleev.Kenneth Ridl, Personal Representative of the Estate of Emil Ridl, Petitioner, Appellee and Cross-AppellantCivil No. 890257Appeal from the County Court for Stark County, Southwest Judicial District, the Honorable F. Gene Gruber, Judge.AFFIRMED IN PART, REVERSED IN PART, AND REMANDED.Opinion of the Court by Gierke, Justice.Chapman & Chapman, P.O. Box 1258, Bismarck, ND 58502, for respondent, appellant and cross-appellee; argued by Daniel J. Chapman. Appearance by David Senn of Baird & Senn, P.O. Box 1134, Dickinson, ND 58602-1134.Howe, Hardy, Galloway & Maus, P.C., P.O. Box 370, Dickinson, ND 58602, for petitioner, appellee and cross-appellant; argued by Albert J. Hardy. |
| [North Dakota] Estate of Richmond | 2005/07/25 | Docket No: 20040360 2005 ND 145In the Matter of the Estate of Lois Helen Richmond, deceasedKaren Black, Petitioner and Appellantv.Donald Richmond, Respondent and AppelleeNo. 20040360Appeal from the District Court of Burleigh County, South Central Judicial District, the Honorable Bruce A. Romanick, Judge.AFFIRMED.Opinion of the Court by Kapsner, Justice.Michael F. Daley, Wheeler Wolf, P.O. Box 2056, Bismarck, N.D. 58502-2056, for petitioner and appellant.James J. Coles, Coles Law Firm, PC, P.O. Box 2162, Bismarck, N.D. 58502-2162, for respondent and appellee. |
| [North Dakota] Estate of Rask | 1974/02/01 | Docket No: 8915 In the Matter of the Estate of Erick Rask, DeceasedMyrtle Athey, Appellantv.Theodore Rask, Theodore Rask, Special Administrator of the Last Will of Erick Rask, Deceased, Carl G. Rask, Marilynn J. Yetter, Special Guardian of the estate of Carl G. Rask, Deceased, Esther Freeberg, Edla Pearson, Eva Phillipe, Alma Monson, Marilynn J. Yetter, Special Guardian of the Estate of Alma Monson, Deceased, Ruth Johnson, Herbert Larson, Bertha Larson, Edith Cunningham, Violet Larson, James C. Rask, Hugo Rask, Erick E. Rask, Axel E. Rask, Arleen Johnson, Ernest W. Rask, Arthur Rask, Ruth Everson, and Alma DeGrace, AppelleesCivil No. 8915 |
| [North Dakota] Estate of Powers | 1996/09/03 | Docket No: 960056 In the Matter of the Estate of Joseph M. Powers, DeceasedJ. Michael Eddy, Personal Representative of the Estate of Joseph M. Powers, Deceased, Petitioner and Appelleev.Edward Powers, Respondent and AppellantCivil No. 960056Appeal from the District Court for Cass County, East Central Judicial District, the Honorable Georgia Dawson, Judge.AFFIRMED IN PART, REVERSED IN PART, AND REMANDED.Opinion of the Court by VandeWalle, Chief Justice.H. Malcolm Pippin, of Nilles, Hansen & Davies, Ltd., Fargo, for petitioner and appellee.Edward Powers, Fargo. Pro se. |
| [North Dakota] Estate of Pladson v. Traill Co. Social Services | 2005/12/20 | Docket No: 20050154 2005 ND 213In the Matter of the Estate of Deloris Pladson, Petitioner and Appelleev.Traill County Social Services and the Department of Human Services for the State of North Dakota, Respondents and AppellantsNo. 20050154Appeal from the District Court of Traill County, East Central Judicial District, the Honorable John Charles Irby, Judge.AFFIRMED.Opinion of the Court by VandeWalle, Chief Justice.Richard R. LeMay (argued) and Edward B. Reinhardt, Jr. (appeared), Legal Services of North Dakota, P.O. Box 1666, Minot, N.D. 58702-1666, for petitioner and appellee.Jean R. Mullen, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Attorney General, 500 North 9th Street, Bismarck, N.D. 58501-4509, for respondents and appellants. |
| [North Dakota] Estate of Peterson | 1997/04/01 | Docket No: 960241 1997 ND 48In the Matter of the Estate of Ruben J. Peterson, DeceasedMinnie Berger, Personal Representative of the Estate of Ruben J. Peterson, Deceased, Clay Berger, Terry Bertelsen and Monte Bertelsen, Petitioners and Appelleesv.Dale A. Peterson, Ronald B. Peterson, Virgil O. Peterson, Merle L. Peterson, Jeanine C. Kirschbaum, and Lila J. Close, Respondents and AppellantsCivil No. 960241Appeal from the District Court for Williams County, Northwest Judicial District, the Honorable David Nelson, Judge.AFFIRMED.Opinion of the Court by Sandstrom, Justice.Kathleen Key Imes, of Imes & Imes, P.C., P.O. Box 2398, Williston, N.D. 58802-2398, for petitioners and appellees Estate of Ruben J. Peterson and Minnie Berger, Personal Representative, and Richard A. McKennett, of Winkjer McKennett Stenehjem Reierson & Forsberg, P.O. Box 1366, Williston, N.D. 58802-1366, for petitioners and appellees Terry Bertelsen and Monte Bertelsen.Fred E. Whisenand, of Crowley, Haughey, Hanson, Toole & Dietrich, P.L.L.P., P.O. Box 1206, Williston, N.D. 58802-1206, for respondents and appellants. |
| [North Dakota] Estate of Pedersen | 1988/11/08 | Docket No: 880065 In the Matter of the Estate of Norman Herbert Pedersen, DeceasedErnest F. Pedersen, Personal Representative, Petitioner and Appelleev.Hilda H. Johnson, formerly Hilda H. Pedersen, Respondent and AppellantCivil No. 880065Appeal from the County Court of Grand Forks County, the Honorable Frank Kosanda, Judge.REVERSED AND REMANDED.Opinion of the Court by VandeWalle, Justice.Steven K. Aakre, of Serkland, Lundberg, Erickson, Marcil & McLean, Ltd., Fargo, for petitioner and appellee.A.W. Stokes of Johnson, Johnson, Stokes & Kragness, Ltd., Wahpeton, for respondent and appellant. |
| [North Dakota] Estate of Paulson | 2012/02/21 | Docket No: 20110154 2012 ND 40In the Matter of the Estate of Lee S. Paulson, Deceased Carmen Paulson, Michael Paulson, Kim Paulson, Charlene (Paulson) Johnson, and Lynn Paulson, Appellantsv. Robyn Risovi, AppelleeNo. 20110154Appeal from the District Court of Benson County, Northeast Judicial District, the Honorable Donovan J. Foughty, Judge.AFFIRMED.Opinion of the Court by VandeWalle, Chief Justice.David S. Maring, P.O. Box 795, Bismarck, ND 58502-0795, for appellants.Sara K. Sorenson, P.O. Box 458, West Fargo, ND 58078-0458, for appellee. |
| [North Dakota] Estate of O'Connell | 1991/10/07 | Docket No: 910008&910009 In the Matter of the Estate of Maurice O'Connell, DeceasedAllan Rustan Estate, Petitioner and Appellantv.William O'Connell, Successor Personal Representative of the Estate of Maurice O'Connell, Deceased, Respondent and AppelleeCivil No. 910008In the Matter of the Estate of Maurice O'Connell, DeceasedAllan Rustan Estate, Petitioner and Appellantv.William O'Connell, Successor Personal Representative of the Estate of Kathleen O'Connell, Deceased, Respondent and AppelleeCivil No. 910009Appeal from the County Court for Stark County, Southwest Judicial District, the Honorable F. Gene Gruber, Judge.REVERSED.Opinion of the Court by Gierke, Justice.Steven K. Aakre (argued), of Serkland, Lundberg, Erickson, Marcil & McLean, Ltd., P.O. Box 6017, Fargo, ND 58108-6017, for petitioner and appellant. Appearance by Jack G. Marcil.William F. Shore III (argued), of Campana, Vieh & Strohm, 7373 N. Scottsdale Rd., Suite 130C, Scottsdale, AZ 85253, and Robert J. Snyder (appearance), of Wheeler Wolf, P.O. Box 14056, Bismarck, ND 58502, for respondent and appellee. |
| [North Dakota] Estate of Neshem | 1998/03/09 | Docket No: 970263 1998 ND 57In the Matter of the Estate of Evelyn B. Neshem, DeceasedConnie Davis, Cynthia Rice, and Carolyn K. Beloit, Petitioners and Appellantsv.Ronald Neshem, Personal Representative of the Estate of Evelyn B. Neshem, Respondent and AppelleeCivil No. 970263Appeal from the District Court for Ward County, Northwest Judicial District, the Honorable Glenn Dill III, Judge.REVERSED AND REMANDED.Opinion of the Court by Maring, Justice.Michel W. Stefonowicz (argued), P.O. Box 289, Crosby, ND 58730, and Jeffrey J. Peterson (appearance), P.O. Box 39, Bowbells, ND 58721-0039, for petitioners and appellants.Debra K. Edwardson (argued), of Edwardson Law Office, Union Annex Bldg., Suite 303, #7 East Central Ave. East, Minot, ND 58701, and Ervin J. Lee (no appearance), P.O. Box 359, Minot, ND 58702-0359, for respondent and appellee. |
| [North Dakota] Estate of Nelson | 1988/02/26 | Docket No: 870173 In the Matter of the Estate of Donald L. Nelson, Deceased.Norlin Nelson and Carol Roberts, Appellantsv.Ardella Hefta, AppelleeCivil No. 870173Appeal from the County Court of Traill County, East Central Judicial District, the Honorable Jonal H. Uglem, Judge.AFFIRMED IN PART AND REMANDED.Opinion of the Court by Gierke, Justice.Vinje & Engelman, PC, 12 Southeast Third, P.O. Box 547, Mayville, ND 58257-0547, for appellants; argued by Damon Anderson, 114 Belmont Road, P.O. Box 1524, Grand Forks, ND 58206-1524.Hamilton, Juntunen & Cilz, P.O. Box 1663, Grand Forks, ND 58206-1663, for appellee; argued by Michael Juntunen. |
| [North Dakota] Estate of Moch | 1995/01/19 | Docket No: 940223 In the Matter of the Estate of J. J. MOCH, DECEASEDPatrick D. Moch, Claimant and Appellantv.Estate of J.J. Moch, a/k/a Joseph J. Moch, Deceased Respondent and AppelleeCivil No. 940223Appeal from the County Court for Logan County, South Central Judicial District, the Honorable Donavin L. Grenz, Judge.AFFIRMED.Per Curiam.Kent R. Morrow (argued), Severin & Ringsak, 411 North 4th Street, Bismarck, ND 58501, for claimant and appellant.James R. Jungroth (argued), Mackenzie, Jungroth, Mackenzie, & Reisnour, P. O. Box 1836, Jamestown, ND 58402-1836, for defendant and appellee. |
| [North Dakota] Estate of Lutz | 1997/04/24 | Docket No: 960177 1997 ND 82In the Matter of the Estate of Emanuel Lutz, DeceasedLavilla Lutz, Appellantv.Ingrid Schneider and Edward Lutz, co-personal representatives of the Estate of Emanuel Lutz, AppelleesCivil No. 960177Appeal from the District Court for Burleigh County, South Central Judicial District, the Honorable Burt L. Riskedahl, Judge. REVERSED AND REMANDED.Opinion of the Court by Meschke, Justice.Wheeler Wolf, P.O. Box 2056, Bismarck, ND 58502-2056, for appellant; argued by Gregory C. Larson.Zuger, Kirmis & Smith, P.O. Box 1695, Bismarck, ND 58502-1695, for appellee Co-representatives Ingrid L. Schneider and Edward J. Lutz; argued by Rebecca S. Thiem.Tschider & Smith, 418 E. Rosser, Suite 200, Bismarck, ND 58501, for appellee Estate; argued by Morris A. Tschider. |
| [North Dakota] Estate of Loomer | 2010/05/14 | Docket No: 20090175 2010 ND 93In the Matter of the Estate of Oline Loomer, DeceasedLeRoy L. Loomer, Co-Personal Representative of the Estate of Oline Loomer, Deceased, Appellantv. Donald W. Loomer and Orville C. Loomer, Co-Personal Representatives of the Estate of Oline Loomer, Deceased, AppelleesNo. 20090175Appeal from the District Court of Williams County, Northwest Judicial District, the Honorable Gerald H. Rustad, Judge.AFFIRMED.Opinion of the Court by Sandstrom, Justice.Harry Malcolm Pippin, P.O. Box 1525, Williston, N.D. 58802-1525, for appellant.Malcolm H. Brown, P.O. Box 2692, Bismarck, N.D. 58502-2692, for appellees. |
| [North Dakota] Estate of Littlejohn | 2005/06/22 | Docket No: 20040326 2005 ND 113In the Matter of the Estate of Earl R. Littlejohn, DeceasedBarbara Tanke, Lowen Littlejohn, and Russell Littlejohn, heirs of Earl R. Littlejohn, Deceased, Appellantsv.Becky J. Domier, Personal Representative of the Estate of Earl R. Littlejohn, Deceased, AppelleeNo. 20040326Appeal from the District Court of Pembina County, Northeast Judicial District, the Honorable Laurie A. Fontaine, Judge.AFFIRMED.Opinion of the Court by Kapsner, Justice.Lawrence D. DuBois (argued) and Neil W. Fleming (on brief), Fleming, DuBois & Fleming, PLLP, P.O. Box 633, Cavalier, N.D. 58220-0633, for appellants.Steven C. Ekman, Welch and Ekman, P.O. Box 70, Grafton, N.D. 58237-0070, for appellee. |