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Tri-State Refining & Investment Co. v. Apaloosa Co.

South Dakota Supreme Court

Decided November 9, 1988No. 15953PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SABERS, Justice.

Lorentz Opdahl (Opdahl) appeals a damage award for fraud and breach of a lease contract, and sanctions imposed upon him pursuant to SDCL 15-6-11.

Facts

In 1973, Robert Hoff (Hoff) married Linda Opdahl (Linda) and began working with Linda’s father, Opdahl, at Sioux Fertilizer Company in Hawarden, Iowa. That same year Opdahl started a small business extracting silver from X-ray and other film products (Tri-State). The business prospered. In 1976, Opdahl purchased a gas-fired smelting unit and moved it to his farm near Hudson, South Dakota. Hoff managed Tri-State throughout this…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Laber v. KochSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1986
  2. Holy Cross Parish v. HuetherSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1981
  3. John L. Cheek v. John Doe, Tom Ludwig, and James R. StarkeyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
  4. Vander Vorste v. Northwestern National BankSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1965
  5. Winterton v. ElversonSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1986

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3Cited by35 opinions

  1. Landals v. George A. Rolfes Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1990
  2. Taggart v. Ford Motor Credit Co.South Dakota Supreme Court · 1990
  3. Ducheneaux v. MillerSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1992
  4. Ward v. LangeSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1996
  5. O'CONNOR v. KingSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1991

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