BEHRNS v. BURKE

No. 11425.

229 N.W.2d 86 (1975)

Mabel BEHRNS, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. LaVerna Beard BURKE, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

April 25, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. E. Morgan, Morgan & Fuller, Chamberlain, for plaintiff and appellant.

J. B. Shultz, Woods, Fuller, Shultz & Smith, Sioux Falls, for defendant and respondent.


DOYLE, Justice.

The plaintiff, Mabel Behrns, was riding with her sister, defendant LaVerna Beard Burke, on a trip from Lead, South Dakota, to Yankton, South Dakota. The parties intended to leave I-90 at U.S. 81 and drive directly south to Yankton. Defendant mistakenly took an exit several miles west of the U.S. 81 exit. This road intersects with U.S. 16, which is protected at the intersection by stop signs. Defendant drove her car into the intersection without obeying...

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