Swenson v. Chevron Chemical Company

234 N.W.2d 38 (1975)

Merle SWENSON, Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

CHEVRON CHEMICAL COMPANY, Defendant and Appellant.

Nos. 11498, 11502.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

October 17, 1975.

Woods, Fuller, Shultz & Smith, and Timothy J. Nimick, Sioux Falls, for defendant and appellant.

Ronald C. Aho, Brookings, for plaintiff and respondent.

WINANS, Justice.

Merle Swenson, plaintiff-respondent, farms approximately 600 acres of land near Garretson, South Dakota. In the spring of 1972 he planted 300 acres of corn in various fields. There were about 245 acres of land which had been previously planted with corn…