South Dakota Statutes
§ 43-4-16 — Grantee favored in interpretation of grant--Exception.
South Dakota § 43-4-16
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Bluebook
S.D. Codified Laws § 43-4-16 (2026).
Text
A grant is to be interpreted in favor of the grantee, except that a reservation in any grant, and every grant by a public officer or body, as such, to a private party, is to be interpreted in favor of the grantor.
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Related
Northwest Realty Co. v. Jacobs
273 N.W.2d 141 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 1978)
Estate of Henderson v. Estate of Henderson
2012 S.D. 80 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 2012)
Matter of Estate of Washburn
1998 SD 11 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 1998)
Steele v. Pfeifer
310 N.W.2d 782 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 1981)
Rysavy v. Novotny
401 N.W.2d 540 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 1987)
Legislative History
CivC 1877, § 615; CL 1887, § 3238; RCivC 1903, § 931; RC 1919, § 533; SDC 1939, § 51.1310.
Nearby Sections
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§ 43-1-1
Property defined.§ 43-1-2
Classes of property.§ 43-1-4
Land as solid material of earth.§ 43-1-6
Law governing real property.§ 43-1-7
Law governing personal property.§ 43-10-13
Repealed§ 43-11-10
Power in trust defined.§ 43-11-11
General power in trust defined.§ 43-11-12
Special power in trust defined.§ 43-11-13
Capacity to create power.§ 43-11-14
Manner of creating power.§ 43-11-15
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Bluebook (online)
South Dakota § 43-4-16, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/sd/43-4-16.