SCHULDIES v. MILLAR

Nos. 19269, 19292.

555 N.W.2d 90 (1996)

1996 SD 120

Gerald SCHULDIES and Carolyn Schuldies, Plaintiffs and Appellees, v. Charles MILLAR, Russell Millar, Rosalie Millar, individually and as Trustee of the Lyla May Stephens Johnson Trust and as Guardian of the Lyla May Stephens Johnson Guardianship, Lyla Johnson, individually and as Beneficiary of the Lyla May Stephens Johnson Trust and as Ward of the Lyla May Stephens Johnson Guardianship, LYLA May Stephens Johnson Trust, and Lyla May Stephens Johnson Guardianship, Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided September 25, 1996.

Rehearing Denied November 1, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth E. Barker of Quinn, Eiesland, Day and Barker, Belle Fourche, for plaintiffs and appellees.

Leroy Hill, Belle Fourche, for defendants and appellants.


KONENKAMP, Justice.

[¶ 1] Defendants appeal a jury verdict awarding damages against them for breach of contract, interference with contractual relations, slander and conversion, along with prejudgment interest and punitive damages. We affirm in part, reverse in part and remand.

FACTS

[¶ 2] Lyla May Johnson owns a 3000 acre cattle ranch spreading across Butte and Lawrence counties. A rancher almost all her life, she moved there when she...

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