BEAN v. BEST

No. 9690.

93 N.W.2d 403 (1958)

Zelda BEAN, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Glenn BEST and D. W. Steele, Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Rehearing Denied December 20, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bangs, McCullen & Butler, Rapid City, Charles R. Hayes, Deadwood, for plaintiff and appellant.

Whiting, Lynn, Freiberg & Shultz, Rapid City, for defendant and respondent Best.

E. E. Sullivan, Rapid City, for defendant and respondent Steele.


SMITH, Judge.

Plaintiff complains of false arrest and imprisonment at the hands of the defendants, and prays for her resulting compensatory damages. The jury awarded her damages in the sum of $1,000. Asserting she had been denied a fair trial, she moved for a new trial which was denied. She has appealed.

The defendant, Glenn Best, was the sheriff of Pennington County, South Dakota, during 1955. The defendant Steele was then an owner and executive of a rental...

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