Legal Opinion

DuPratt v. BLACK HILLS LAND AND ABSTRACT COMPANY

South Dakota Supreme Court

Decided February 21, 1966No. File 10139PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GRIEVES, Circuit Judge.

This action against the defendant abstract company for damages resulting from alleged negligence in the preparation of an abstract of title was tried to the court without a jury. The trial court in his decision found as follows:

"FINDINGS OF FACT
"I.
"That an abstract of title prepared for plaintiffs by defendant abstract company abstracted a recorded conveyance in such careless manner as to except or exclude a certain Lot 8 whereas said abstract should have shown an area adjacent to said lot as being excepted or excluded in the conveyance to plaintiffs' immediate grantors.

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Goldberg v. Sisseton Loan & Title Co.South Dakota Supreme Court · 1909
  2. Rectenbaugh v. Northwestern Port Huron Co.South Dakota Supreme Court · 1908
  3. Commercial Bank v. Adams County Abstract Co.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1945
  4. Stephenson v. ConeSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1910
  5. Morin v. Divide County Abstract Co.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1921

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Williams v. PolgarMichigan Supreme Court · 1974
  2. Nepera Chemical, Inc. v. Sea-Land Service, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1986
  3. Peter Kiewit Sons' Co. v. Summit Construction Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1969
  4. Assman v. J.I. Case Credit Corp.South Dakota Supreme Court · 1987
  5. Van Emmerik v. Montana Dakota Utilities Co.South Dakota Supreme Court · 1983

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