Legal Opinion
Whiting v. Hoffine
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided July 23, 1980No. 12769, 12770PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FOSHEIM, Justice.
The plaintiffs, husband and wife, brought separate actions in tort against the defendants. By stipulation, the cases were consolidated in circuit court. The circuit court dismissed plaintiffs’ complaints for failure to join an indispensable party. Since the issues before us are identical, the cases have also been consolidated on appeal. We reverse.
The injuries sustained by Dianna Whiting (a non-Indian) were allegedly caused by carbon monoxide poisoning at a building owned by the defendants, Lowell H. Hof-fine and Viola M. Hoffine (non-Indians), in Mission, South Dakota. It is…
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