Everett Drilling Ventures, Inc. v. Knutson Flying Service, Inc.
Decision Date | 04 October 1983 |
Docket Number | No. 10397,10397 |
Parties | EVERETT DRILLING VENTURES, INC., Plaintiff and Appellee, v. KNUTSON FLYING SERVICE, INC., Defendant and Appellant. Civ. |
Court | North Dakota Supreme Court |
Mackoff, Kellogg, Kirby & Kloster, Dickinson, for plaintiff and appellee; argued by Claudette M. Abel, Dickinson.
Farhart, Rasmuson, Lian & Maxson, Minot, for defendant and appellant; argued by Steven C. Lian, Minot.
This is an appeal by Knutson Flying Service, Inc., from a summary judgment awarding $12,075.00 plus interest to Everett Drilling Ventures, Inc. We reverse the judgment and remand for trial on the merits.
Everett and Knutson orally agreed that Knutson would provide flying services to Everett at $375.00 per hour. There is a dispute as to whether or not it was agreed that Everett was to pay for time that a helicopter was held on the ground exclusively for Everett's use.
During the months of July through November 1981, Everett paid Knutson $22,500.00. At $375.00 per hour, this pays for 60 hours. It is undisputed, however, that Everett used only 27.8 hours of actual flying time, at a cost of $10,425.00. Accordingly, Everett claims that it is entitled to a refund of $12,075.00. Knutson, on the other hand, claims that the $12,075.00 should be applied to the "on-ground" time when Everett had exclusive access to the helicopter.
Everett moved for default judgment, or, in the alternative, summary judgment. The trial court concluded that there was no genuine issue as to any material fact and ordered summary judgment in favor of Everett.
The determinative issue raised on appeal is whether or not the affidavit of Ernest Knutson, president of Knutson Flying Service, Inc., sets forth specific facts which raise a material factual issue. Rule 56(e) of the North Dakota Rules of Civil Procedure requires that the party opposing a motion for summary judgment may not rest upon the allegations contained in his pleadings, but must present competent admissible evidence which raises a material factual issue:
We have recently discussed the requirements of this rule in First National Bank of Hettinger v. Clark, 332 N.W.2d 264, 267 (N.D.1983):
"A party resisting a motion for summary judgment has the responsibility of presenting competent admissible evidence by affidavit or other comparable means, NDRCivP 56(e); Spier v. Power Concrete, Inc., 304 N.W.2d 68 (N.D.1981); and, if appropriate, drawing the court's attention to evidence in the record by setting out the page and line in depositions or other comparable document containing testimony or evidence raising a material factual issue, or from which the court may draw an inference creating a material factual issue."
In First National Bank of Hettinger, supra, we held that the defendants had failed to raise an issue of material fact where the only mention...
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