Beck v. Wessel

237 N.W.2d 905 (1976)

Donald BECK, Special Administrator of the Estate of Betty Beck, Deceased, Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

August WESSEL, Defendant and Appellant.

No. 11541.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Argued October 23, 1975.

Decided January 22, 1976.

Jack R. Von Wald, Robbins & Von Wald, Selby, for plaintiff and respondent.

Paul O. Kretchmar, Eureka, Arend E. Lakeman, Mobridge, for defendant and appellant.

DUNN, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a $75,000 verdict awarded to Betty Beck's estate for the benefit of her three minor children in the Circuit Court of Campbell County which was then…