South Dakota § 53-4-9 Mistake of fact defined.

South Dakota Statutes

§ 53-4-9 — Mistake of fact defined.

South Dakota·Title 53 CONTRACTS·Ch. 53-4 DURESS, FRAUD, UNDUE INFLUENCE AND MISTAKE

Mistake of fact is a mistake not caused by the neglect of a legal duty on the part of the person making the mistake and consisting in:

(1)An unconscious ignorance or forgetfulness of a fact, past or present, material to the contract; or (2) Belief in the present existence of a thing material to the contract which does not exist, or in the past existence of such a thing which has not existed.

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Mistake of fact is a mistake not caused by the neglect of a legal duty on the part of the person making the mistake and consisting in: (1) An unconscious ignorance or forgetfulness of a fact, past or present, material to the contract; or (2) Belief in the present existence of a thing material to the contract which does not exist, or in the past existence of such a thing which has not existed.

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