Legal Opinion

Hunt v. Hunt

South Dakota Supreme Court

Decided August 26, 1981No. 13138PublishedCited by 70 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HENDERSON, Justice.

ACTION

Appellant Kay Hunt appeals from a judgment entered pursuant to a jury verdict rendered in favor of appellee Bonnie Hunt, and also from the trial court’s order denying various post-trial motions made by appellant. Appellee instituted an action to recover damages on two counts: alienation of affections and criminal conversation. The jury found appellant liable to appellee on both counts for an aggregate total of $50,000. Appellant urges this Court, inter alia, to abolish alienation of affections and criminal conversation as causes of action in this state.

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2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Wyman v. WallaceWashington Supreme Court · 1980
  2. Moulin v. MonteleoneSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1927
  3. Fadgen v. LenknerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  4. Fundermann v. MickelsonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1981
  5. Giltner v. StarkSupreme Court of Iowa · 1974

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3Cited by70 opinions

  1. Pickering v. PickeringSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1989
  2. Veeder v. KennedySouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1999
  3. Osborne v. Stage (In Re Stage)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit · 2005
  4. Richard M. Jones v. Todd v. SwansonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2003
  5. Sanford v. SanfordSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 2005

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