Court Opinion

ID: 9576488
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 21:25:10.863493+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:08:44.160090
License: Public Domain

SABERS, Justice
(concurring in part and concurring specially in part).
I concur specially on the notice issue because Groseth received timely notice of appeal and was not harmed or prejudiced in any manner by the fact that it arrived by “ordinary, first class mail.” Matter of A.L., 442 N.W.2d 233 (S.D.1989); Matter of B.J.E., 422 N.W.2d 597 (S.D.1988). It is a proper matter for statutory interpretation and construction of legislative intent in SDCL 1-26-31. See my writing in Jensen Ranch, Inc. v. Marsden, 440 N.W.2d 762, 767 (S.D.1989). However, the dicta in the majority opinion which implies that a summons and complaint is properly served by “ordinary, first class mail” under SDCL 15-6-5(b) is clearly incorrect. Jensen Ranch, supra.