Court Opinion

ID: 9675488
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 04:55:33.321266+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:16:34.889660
License: Public Domain

WOLLMAN, Chief Justice
(concurring specially).
I join in the majority opinion except that portion which holds that the lien statement filed by Builders Supply was insufficiently itemized. Our holding in Crescent Electric Supply Co. v. Nerison, S.D., 232 N.W.2d 76, must be read in the light of the lien statement involved in that case, a lien statement that was so totally lacking with respect to the requirements of SDCL 44-9-16 as to be not even arguably sufficient. More to the point is our holding in Ringgenberg v. Wilmsmeyer, S.D., 253 N.W.2d 197, which upheld as being in substantial compliance with the statute a lien statement that was no more detailed than the one in question here.
As I read appellant’s brief, no claim is made that the trial court erred in ruling upon the validity of the lien statement, but only that the trial court erred in not entering findings of fact and conclusions of law with respect to defendant’s motion to dismiss appellant’s lien foreclosure action. I agree with the majority that the trial court did not err in not entering findings and conclusions. Accordingly, I join in the af-firmance of the judgment.