Case Name: Reuben H. GIESE, Verna M. Giese and Sam Giese, Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. Ed ENGELHARDT, P. W. Blank, Dale Hewson, Matt G. Koffler, H. E. Sondreal, Ray Lorenz, George Letvin, John Zoller, Gilbert Saxowsky, State Acceptance Corporation, the Liberty National Bank and Trust Company, Paul McCann Company, a partnership, Paul McCann and Company, a partnership, Orser, Olson, Wolfe & St. Peter, a partnership, and St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company, a corporation, Defendants, and P. W. Blank, H. E. Sondreal, Ray Lorenz and George Letvin, Defendants and Respondents
Court: North Dakota Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: North Dakota
Decision Date: 1970-03-20
Citations: 176 N.W.2d 522
Docket Number: Civ. No. 8580
Parties: Reuben H. GIESE, Verna M. Giese and Sam Giese, Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. Ed ENGELHARDT, P. W. Blank, Dale Hewson, Matt G. Koffler, H. E. Sondreal, Ray Lorenz, George Letvin, John Zoller, Gilbert Saxowsky, State Acceptance Corporation, the Liberty National Bank and Trust Company, Paul McCann Company, a partnership, Paul McCann and Company, a partnership, Orser, Olson, Wolfe & St. Peter, a partnership, and St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company, a corporation, Defendants, and P. W. Blank, H. E. Sondreal, Ray Lorenz and George Letvin, Defendants and Respondents.
Judges: STRUTZ, KNUDSON and ERICK-STAD, JJ., and ADAM GEFREH, D. J., concur.
Reporter: North Western Reporter 2d
Volume: 176
Pages: 522–522

Head Matter:
Reuben H. GIESE, Verna M. Giese and Sam Giese, Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. Ed ENGELHARDT, P. W. Blank, Dale Hewson, Matt G. Koffler, H. E. Sondreal, Ray Lorenz, George Letvin, John Zoller, Gilbert Saxowsky, State Acceptance Corporation, the Liberty National Bank and Trust Company, Paul McCann Company, a partnership, Paul McCann and Company, a partnership, Orser, Olson, Wolfe & St. Peter, a partnership, and St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company, a corporation, Defendants, and P. W. Blank, H. E. Sondreal, Ray Lorenz and George Letvin, Defendants and Respondents.
Civ. No. 8580.
Supreme Court of North Dakota.
March 20, 1970.
Rehearing Denied April 29, 1970.
Freed, Dynes & Malloy, Dickinson, and William G. Lince, Elgin, for plaintiffs and appellants.
Thompson, Lundberg & Nodland, Bismarck, for respondent P. W. Blank.
R. W. Wheeler, Bismarck, for respondent H. E. Sondreal.
Fleck, Smith, Mather, Strutz & Mayer, Bismarck, for respondent Ray Lorenz.
Floyd B. Sperry, Bismarck, and Robert B. Baird, Dickinson, for respondent George Letvin.

Opinion:
TEIGEN, Chief Justice.
Our opinion in Weidner, et al. v. Engelhart [Engelhardt], et al, 176 N.W.2d 509, governs this case.
Summary judgments dismissing this action against the defendants Blank, Sond-real, Lorenz and Letvin are reversed.
STRUTZ, KNUDSON and ERICK-STAD, JJ., and ADAM GEFREH, D. J., concur.
PAULSON, J., deeming himself disqualified, did not participate; the Honorable ADAM GEFREH, one of the Judges of the Third Judicial District, sitting in his stead.