Legal Opinion

Nelson v. Gregory County

South Dakota Supreme Court

Decided August 18, 1982No. 13441PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WOLLMAN, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment quieting title to land in appellee. We affirm.

In 1951 Wesley Smerling purchased forty acres of real estate from Gregory County. Sometime later, but before May 6,1957, the United States Government acquired ten acres from Smerling’s forty-acre tract.

On May 6, 1957, Smerling entered into an agreement, denominated an easement, with Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Buryanek and their son, James Buryanek, Jr. Under this instrument Smerling granted an easement to the Buryaneks over a portion of his remaining thirty acres, giving the Buryaneks the right to…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. John P. Van Ness, and Marcla His Wife v. The Mayor, Aldermen, and Board of Common Council of the City of Washington, and the United States of AmericaSupreme Court of the United States · 1830
  2. Tamm, Inc. v. PildisSupreme Court of Iowa · 1976
  3. McDonald v. Miners & Merchants Bank, Inc.South Dakota Supreme Court · 1981
  4. Bibow v. GerrardNebraska Supreme Court · 1981
  5. Homes Development Company v. SimmonsSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1955

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Keith v. Mountain Resorts Development, L.L.C.Utah Supreme Court · 2014
  2. Estate of Fisher v. FisherSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 2002
  3. Knight v. McCainMississippi Supreme Court · 1988
  4. Barton Masonry, Inc. v. VarilekSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1985
  5. Peterson v. BeckSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1995

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