Wenzel Estate v. Wenzel

20070264 Bruce J. Wenzel Estate, Plaintiff and Appellee
v.
Curtis Wenzel, Defendant and Appellant

Appeal from: District Court, Northeast Judicial District, Cavalier County
Judge Laurie A. Fontaine
Nature of Action: Real Property
Counsel:
Appellant: Fleming, DuBois & Fleming, PLLP
Appellee: Schurman Law Firm
Term: 02/2008   Argument: 02/22/2008  11:00am
ND cite: 2008 ND 68
NW cite: 747 N.W.2d 103

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Issues: Appellant's Statement of the Issues:
I. The trial court erred in ordering a sale on the partition of farm machinery without finding that partition in kind could not be made without great prejudice to the owners.
II. The trial court erred in concluding as a matter of law on partition of the farm machinery that Curtis Wenzel to pay to the Bruce J. Wenzel Estate one-half of the value of the machinery owned by Curtis Wenzel and Bruce Wenzel, in the amount of $74,300.
III. The court erred in not allowing an offset to Curtis Wenzel for one-half of the bill submitted for manure cleaning and by not allowing any credit to Curtis Wenzel for repairs made in 2006 to the John Deere 8820 combine.
IV. The court erred in dividing the grain storage between Curtis Wenzel and Bruce J. Wenzel Estate when it awarded grain storage to Curtis Wenzel, which had a lesser value because of damage caused by Bruce Wenzel.

Appellee's Statement of the Issues:
Does the trial court have the authority to issue an equitable judgment in this matter when considering the numerous issues and facts involved not conducive to being resolved by the strict interpretation of the statutory laws of North Dakota?

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Docket entries:
109/04/2007 NOTICE OF APPEAL: 08/31/2007
209/04/2007 ORDER FOR TRANSCRIPT: 08/31/2007
309/28/2007 RECORD ON APPEAL w/Separates (Entry No. 56a - Exhibits).
410/22/2007 TRANSCRIPTS DATED February 15 & 16, 2007 (2 vols.)
510/22/2007 DISK - TRA (2/15/07 & 2/16/07) (e-mailed)
610/24/2007 Affidavit of Mailing of Transcripts on counsel
712/04/2007 APPELLANT BRIEF
812/04/2007 APPELLANT APPENDIX
912/13/2007 Corrected TOA & Page 9 for ATB
1012/13/2007 DISK - atb
1101/02/2008 APPELLEE BRIEF
1201/02/2008 Addendum to AEB
1301/04/2008 Affidavit of Service by Mail of AEB
1401/09/2008 DISK-AEB
1501/16/2008 REPLY BRIEF
1601/16/2008 E-FILED BRIEF (RYB)
1701/24/2008 Received 7 copies of RYB from Central Duplicating Services
1802/22/2008 APPEARANCES: Neil W. Fleming; Duane H. Schurman
1902/22/2008 ARGUED: Fleming; Schurman
2002/22/2008 ORAL ARGUMENT WEBCAST
2104/17/2008 DISPOSITION: REVERSED AND REMANDED
2204/17/2008 UNANIMOUS OPINION: VandeWalle, Gerald W.
2304/17/2008 Costs on appeal taxed in favor of appellant
2404/18/2008 Judgment Mailed to Parties
2505/09/2008 MANDATE
2605/15/2008 RECEIPT SIGNED BY DISTRICT COURT CLERK'S OFFICE

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