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BECK v. WESSEL

No. 11541.

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.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided January 22, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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 in the Sixth Judicial Circuit. Betty Beck was killed in a head-on collision on December 25, 1971, on Highway 83 near Mound City, South Dakota, between automobiles driven by Marvin Beck (Betty's husband) and defendant August Wessel. Defendant Wessel moved for a directed verdict...

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