South Dakota Statutes

§ 59-6-1 — Rights and liabilities accruing to principal.

South Dakota § 59-6-1
JurisdictionSouth Dakota
Title 59AGENCY
Ch. 59-5RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRINCIPAL AND THIRD PERSONS

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S.D. Codified Laws § 59-6-1 (2026).

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All rights and liabilities which would accrue to an agent from transactions within the scope of his actual or ostensible authority if they had been entered into on his own account, accrue to the principal.

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Related

Dahl v. Sittner
429 N.W.2d 458 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 1988)
37 case citations
McKinney v. Pioneer Life Insurance Co.
465 N.W.2d 192 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 1991)
22 case citations
Cutter v. Lincoln National Life Insurance
794 F.2d 352 (Eighth Circuit, 1986)
1 case citations

Legislative History

CivC 1877, § 1366; CL 1887, § 3989; RCivC 1903, § 1685; RC 1919, § 1267; SDC 1939, § 3.0301.

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