Court Opinion

ID: 9528939
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 03:45:30.909499+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:27:30.023373
License: Public Domain

WUEST, Justice
(concurring specially).
I agree with the majority on issues I, III and IV and the result reached in II. On issue II, in my opinion, since the general judgments did not become a lien upon the homestead, the expenses enumerated in SDCL 30-21-1, as a matter of policy, should take precedence over the general judgments, as written by the majority. Where I part company with the majority on *407issue II is the comment regarding judgments against “specific property.” In my opinion, absent a homestead, general judgments do attach, becoming liens on “specific property.” As I read the majority comment, it seems to imply otherwise, leaving the law in a state of ambiguity.