HOFFMAN v. JOHNSON

No. 14523.

374 N.W.2d 117 (1985)

Terrance HOFFMAN, as Special Administrator of the Estate of Hilda Johnson, Deceased, Terrance Hoffman, as Special Administrator of the Estate of James McGuffin, Deceased; James Olson; Andrew McGuffin or the heirs of Andrew McGuffin and the heirs of Oscar Olson, Plaintiffs and Appellees, v. Edwin L. JOHNSON, Defendant and Appellant, and Jean R. JOHNSON and Western Surety Company, a corporation of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Defendants, v. Harry R. STEPHENS, Third-Party Defendant and Appellee.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided September 6, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glen H. Johnson of Banks & Johnson, Rapid City, for plaintiffs and appellees.

Charles Rick Johnson of Johnson, Eklund & Davis, Gregory, for defendant and appellant.

William G. Porter of Costello, Porter, Hill, Nelson, Heisterkamp & Bushnell, Rapid City, for third-party defendant and appellee.


WOLLMAN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment directing the payment of money and the delivery of mineral deeds and from an earlier summary judgment dismissing defendants' third-party complaint and determining certain other interlocutory matters. We affirm.

The procedural history of this case is rather complex, involving as it does numerous heirs of several estates. All but a few of the parties settled with the appellant during the course of litigation...

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