Opinion ID: 1663200
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: motion for costs on account of frivolous appeal

Text: Danks asserts that Holland's appeal is frivolous and taken for purposes of delay, and that costs should be assessed in favor of the appellee, as was done in Bellon v. Bellon, 237 N.W.2d 163 (N.D.1975). Sections I, II, and III of this opinion show that we do not consider the appeal frivolous. The Bellon case was one where a frivolous action resulted in the imposition of costs in the district court. A frivolous appeal followed and likewise resulted in imposition of costs. We find no parallel between that case and this, and we would deplore any tendency to request a finding of frivolity in any appeals except those flagrantly groundless, as Bellon was, and the present appeal is not. The motion for costs is denied.