Legal Opinion
Schmeling v. Jorgensen
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided August 2, 1957No. File 9605PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, P. J.
The complaint alleges that defendant and his employees negligently and carelessly caused a steel .girder of great weight to fall upon plaintiff to his injury. The trial resulted in a directed verdict for defendant. Thereafter plaintiff made a motion for a new trial which was denied. Plaintiff has appealed.
At the time in question plaintiff was engaged in the business of selling steel quonset buildings. He had sold such a building to one Victor Karrels to be erected on his ranch *10near Sturgis, South Dakota. The contract was assigned to Rapid City Steel Structures. That company poured the…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Fitzgerald & Mallory Construction Co. v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Plumb v. . Richmond Light R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1922
- Pew v. First National BankMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1881
- Fitter v. Iowa Telephone Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1909
- Barger v. ChelponSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1932
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3Cited by45 opinions
- Mulder v. TagueSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1971
- Nelson v. Nelson Cattle Co.South Dakota Supreme Court · 1994
- Leslie v. City of BonesteelSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1981
- Associated Engineers, Inc. v. JobCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1966
- Wolf v. GraberSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1981
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