Opinion
No. 12974.
Submitted on Briefs September 12, 1980.
Decided November 5, 1980.
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the Second Judicial Circuit, Minnehaha County; Richard Braithwaite, Judge.
Bradley G. Bonynge, Sioux Falls, for plaintiffs and appellants.
Richard W. Sabers of Dana, Golden, Moore Rasmussen, Sioux Falls, for defendants and appellees.
Plaintiffs initiated this action in small claims court. Defendants transferred the action to circuit court for trial by jury. At the close of plaintiffs' case, the trial court granted defendants' motion for a directed verdict. Plaintiffs appeal. We dismiss the appeal. SDCL 15-39-23; Hauswirth v. Hartigan, 296 N.W.2d 535 (S.D. 1980); and Magnum Construction v. Sioux Falls Nautilus, 296 N.W.2d 536 (S.D. 1980).