Legal Opinion
Bean v. Best
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided December 6, 1958No. File 9690PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
Plaintiff complains of false arrest and imprisonment at the hands of the defendants, and prays for her resulting compensatory damages. The jury awarded her damages in the sum of $1,000. Asserting she had been denied a fair trial, she moved for a new trial which was denied. She has appealed.
The defendant, Glenn Best, was the sheriff of Pennington County, South Dakota, during 1955. The defendant Steele was then an owner and executive of a rental business at Rapid City in that county. On June 12, 1955, a woman who signed her name as Helen Baker, and gave her address as 417 Skyline Drive, Lead,…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Fleckenstein v. FriedmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1934
- Cullen v. DickinsonSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1913
- O'Neill v. KeelingSupreme Court of Iowa · 1939
- Wallner v. Fidelity & Deposit Co. of MarylandWisconsin Supreme Court · 1948
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3Cited by22 opinions
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- Stark v. StarkSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1961
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