HAMAR CONST. CO. v. UNION COUNTY

No. 11582.

248 N.W.2d 65 (1976)

HAMAR CONSTRUCTION CO., a corporation, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. UNION COUNTY, South Dakota, et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Rehearing Denied January 21, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Murphy of Donley & Murphy, Elk Point, for plaintiff and respondent.

Carl W. Quist, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendants and appellants; William J. Janklow, Atty. Gen., on the brief.


WUEST, Circuit Judge.

During the spring floods of 1969, the Hawarden Bridge in Union County was damaged. Many roads and bridges in the area were also damaged. According to Mr. Bak, who was a county commissioner at the time, the board immediately became aware of the difficulties which would be caused by the damage to the bridge and "approached the state highway department in order to get this classified as an emergency and...

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