Swenson v. Split Rock Civil Township
South Dakota Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Minnehaha County. Hon. JosERH W. Jones, Judge. Action 'by Sever M. Swenson and others, against Split Rock Civil Township, a public corporation, ITenry F. Bucholtz and others as township supervisors, and others as township officers, to determine the true location of section line highways in said township, and to1 restrain the defendants from incurring 'binding obligations against the township for, or the expenditure of township funds for improvement…
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Minnehaha County. Hon. JosERH W. Jones, Judge. Action 'by Sever M. Swenson and others, against Split Rock Civil Township, a public corporation, ITenry F. Bucholtz and others as township supervisors, and others as township officers, to determine the true location of section line highways in said township, and to1 restrain the defendants from incurring 'binding obligations against the township for, or the expenditure of township funds for improvement of highways, etc. From an order denying defendants’ motion to require plaintiffs to make all other land owners in said…
1Opinion of the CourtWhiting, J.
This action involves a determination of the location of the section lines in the north half of Split Rick Township, Minnehaha county, S.' D. It seems that for years there has been a dispute among the owners of land in said territory concerning the true location of the section and quarter section lines; some of the owners claiming that the true lines as marked by the original government corners were, in almost every instance, in accord with the lines of travel that had been established through said territory; others claiming that such lines of travel were not upon the government section lines,…
2Cited by1 opinion
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