Legal Opinion
Knight v. Grimes
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided April 21, 1964No. File 10072PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BANDY, Circuit Judge.
In an action seeking a declaratory judgment the plaintiff as the owner of land overlying ground water, attacks the constitutionality of Chapters 430 and 431 of the Laws of 1955. (Now, respectively, SDC 1960 Supp. 61.01 and 61.04) He contends that these acts violate the 5th and 14th Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, and sections 2 and 13 of Article VI of the South Dakota Constitution. Upon full consideration of the matter the trial judge dismissed the action. In so doing he recognized plaintiff's vested right to irrigate four acres of land by reason of…
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