Form 25 - Judgment on jury verdict

Current with legislation signed by the governor on or before 3/6/2024
Form 25 - Judgment on jury verdict

STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA IN CIRCUIT COURT

COUNTY OF MINNEHAHA SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

A.B., Plaintiff

vs. JUDGMENT

C.D., Defendant

This action came on for trial before the Court and a jury, Honorable John Marshall, Circuit Judge, presiding, and the issues having been duly tried and the jury having duly rendered its verdict,

It is Ordered and Adjudged

(that the plaintiff A.B. recover of the defendant C.D. the sum of _____, with interest thereon at the rate of _____ percent as provided by law, and his costs of action in the sum of _____.)

(that the plaintiff take nothing, that the action be dismissed on the merits, and that the defendant C.D. recover of the plaintiff A.B. his costs of action in the sum of _____.)

Dated at Sioux Falls, South Dakota, this _____ day of _____, 20__.

BY THE COURT:

Judge

ATTEST:

______________________________

Clerk of Courts

SD RCP, Form 25.

1. This form is illustrative of the judgment to be entered upon the general verdict of a jury. It deals with the cases where there is a general jury verdict awarding the plaintiff money damages or finding for the defendant but is adaptable to other situations of jury verdicts. See § 15-6-58.

2. The Rules contemplate a simple judgment promptly entered. See § 15-6-54(a). Every judgment shall be set forth on a separate document. See § 15-6-58.