AINSWORTH v. FIRST BANK OF SOUTH DAKOTA

No. 17161.

472 N.W.2d 786 (1991)

Lincoln AINSWORTH and Elaine Ainsworth, Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. FIRST BANK OF SOUTH DAKOTA, Larry Byrne and Bruce Walker, Defendants and Appellees.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided July 24, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Rick Johnson of Johnson, Eklund & Abourezk, Gregory, Terry Pechota of Finch, Viken, Viken & Pechota, Rapid City, on the brief, for plaintiffs and appellants.

Richard Pluimer of Carr & Pluimer, Belle Fourche, for defendant and appellee First Bank.

Larry Byrne, pro se.


MILLER, Chief Justice.

Lincoln and Elaine Ainsworth appeal from a judgment entered upon a jury verdict for all defendants. Ainsworths argue that the trial court erred in the admission of hearsay testimony and in instructing the jury. We affirm.

FACTS

This controversy centers around Larry Byrne's attempt to develop a commercial coal-pelleting process, which he sought to patent. Byrne was financed by First Bank of South Dakota (Bank) and one of its...

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