MATTER OF UNKNOWN SILVER COINS

No. 15489.

418 N.W.2d 317 (1988)

In the Matter of UNKNOWN SILVER COINS.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided January 20, 1988.

Rehearing Denied February 18, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Catherine E. Mattson of LaFleur, LaFleur & LaFleur, Rapid City, for appellant Kjerstad.

Stan H. Anker of Anker Law Office, Rapid City, for appellees.


SABERS, Justice.

Marvin Kjerstad, the court-determined owner of certain found coins, appeals the reward and the amount of the reward to the finders. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand.

Facts

On August 19, 1985, as she was picking berries with her daughter and granddaughter, Wanda Thayer discovered loose coins on the ground in an area nine miles from Hill City, South Dakota. Wanda and her daughter, Dorothy Ross, searched and recovered...

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