The Board of Regents is, and it and its successors in office shall continue to be, a corporation, or body corporate, with power to sue and be sued, to hold, lease, and manage, for the purposes for which they were established, any property belonging to the educational institutions under its control, collectively or severally, of which it shall in any manner become possessed.
S.D. Codified Laws § 13-49-11
Corporate powers of board--Management of property
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Kringen v. Shea (1983)
Most recently applied in 877 F. Supp. 2d 804 - B.K. ex rel. Kroupa v. 4-H (July 2012)
Source: SDC 1939, § 15.0706; SL 1989, ch 155.
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