Court Opinion

ID: 9659092
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-23 21:32:01.621553+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:14:03.888930
License: Public Domain

SABERS, Justice
(concurring in part and dissenting in part).
I concur to the extent of Salmen’s individual liability in the amount of $29,258.34 on the promissory note. I fail to see any basis in this record for Salmen’s individual liability for the corporation’s debt for overdue premium charges of $12,412.24.
I also question the majority’s affirmance of the trial court’s denial of copying costs in the amount of $755.75. These copying expenses were incurred by United Fire to provide all parties with copies of the documentary evidence, including insurance policy accounts and records. It appears from the record that at least a substantial part of these copying costs were reasonable and are specifically provided for in SDCL 15-17-4,* under “reasonable copying fees” and generally provided for under “procuring necessary evidence.”

SDCL 15-17-4 provides in relevant part:
In all cases when a party is allowed to recover costs the clerk shall also tax as a part of the judgment the allowance of such party’s ... reasonable copying fees, ... and the necessary expense of ... procuring necessary evidence, (emphasis added).