Legal Opinion
Risse v. Meeks
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided November 10, 1998No. NonePublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GILBERTSON, Justice (on reassignment).
[¶ 1.] Landowner sued cattle owners for trespass of cattle and punitive damages. Cattle owners’ motion to dismiss was granted on the issue of punitive damages because the trial court held it did not have subject matter jurisdiction. We affirm.
FACTS
[¶ 2.] Art Risse, Bonnie Risse, and Juanita Page (collectively referred to as Risses) are non-Indians residing on deeded land in Bennett County, South Dakota, outside of the *876current exterior boundaries of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. They started the current action against James Meeks, Elsie Meeks, and Amy…
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