HUNT v. BRIGGS

No. 11994.

267 N.W.2d 566 (1978)

Jack HUNT, Jennie Hunt and Duane Hannum (# 12008) and Calvin Clavel (# 11994), Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. Elmer BRIGGS and Kirby Briggs, Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided June 1, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Robbennolt of Duncan, Olinger & Srstka, Pierre, for plaintiffs and appellants Jack Hunt, Jennie Hunt and Duane Hannum.

William Quigley and Keith A. Tidball of Tidball & Kemnitz, Pierre, for plaintiff and appellant Calvin Clavel.

Lawrence L. Piersol of Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith, Sioux Falls, for defendant and respondent Elmer Briggs.

Charles M. Thompson of May, Adam, Gerdes & Thompson, Pierre, for defendant and respondent Kirby Briggs.


MORGAN, Justice (on reassignment).

Appellants brought separate actions to recover damages to their several properties caused by fire which spread to the appellants' lands from adjoining land on which the respondents, or their employers, were engaged in haying operations. The two separate cases were joined at the trial court level for purposes of trial and motions, and are joined for appeal purposes. The appellants' complaints...

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