Legal Opinion

Somers v. Somers

South Dakota Supreme Court

Decided June 20, 1911PublishedCited by 35 opinions

Appeal from Circuit Court, Lyman County. Hon. Frank B. Smith, Judge. Action by Lafayette Somers against Peolia L. Somers and another. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeal.

1Opinion of the CourtWhiting, J.

This is an action by the plaintiff, the father of the defendant's, seeking to quiet title, as against said defendants, in and to an undivided one-third interest in certain land in Brule county, and also seeking to be adjudged the holder of a life estate in the whole of said land; the plaintiff claiming as the heir o, and as the husband of, the former owner of said land, the *502defendants'claiming title as the grantees of such former owner. The cause was tried to the court without a jury. The court made fin flings of fact and conclusions of law in favor of the plaintiff, except that it found…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Nash v. NormentMissouri Court of Appeals · 1878
  2. Donaldson v. LampreySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1881
  3. Kenley v. HudelsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1881
  4. Murphy v. RennerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1906
  5. Dickman v. BirkhauserNebraska Supreme Court · 1884

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3Cited by35 opinions

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  4. Dodds v. BickleSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1957
  5. Western Casualty & Surety Co. v. American National Fire Insurance Co.South Dakota Supreme Court · 1982

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