S.D. Codified Laws § 43-25-31

Current with legislation signed by the governor on or before 3/6/2024
Section 43-25-31 - Conveyances by owner for life or for years

A grant, made by the owner of an estate for life or years, purporting to transfer a greater estate than he could lawfully transfer, does not work a forfeiture of his estate, but passes to the grantee all the estate which the grantor could lawfully transfer.

SDCL 43-25-31

CivC 1877, § 630; CL 1887, § 3251; RCivC 1903, § 944; RC 1919, § 552; SDC 1939, § 51.1411.