THUNDERSTIK LODGE, INC. v. REUER

No. 20966.

613 N.W.2d 44 (2000)

2000 SD 84

THUNDERSTIK LODGE, INC., Harold Becker, William Becker, Charles Ross & Edwin S. Gage, Owners and Lessees, Plaintiffs and Appellees, v. Alvin REUER, Elva Reuer, and Leroy Reuer, Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided June 28, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven R. Smith of Andera & Smith Law Office, Chamberlain, SD, Attorneys for plaintiffs and appellees.

Rick Johnson of Johnson, Eklund, Nicholson, Peterson & Fox, Gregory, SD, Attorneys for defendants and appellants.


KONENKAMP, Justice.

[¶ 1.] This case presents the question whether a land lease agreement violated our statutory prohibition against agricultural leases of longer than twenty years. Thunderstik Lodge, Inc. leased agricultural land from the Reuers for hunting purposes, under an agreement providing for an initial ten-year lease, with two ten-year renewal options. Because the provisions in the lease agreement were severable, we affirm the circuit court's ruling...

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