In all civil actions cognizable by a magistrate judge, except actions for the forcible entry and detainer, or detainer only, of real property, tried in the circuit court, the verdict may be rendered by five-sixths of the jury in the manner provided in §§ 15-14-28 and 15-14-29.
S.D. Codified Laws § 15-14-27
Actions in which five-sixths vote by jury sufficient
Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 33.1334; SL 1974, ch 153, § 7; SL 1985, ch 160; SL 1994, ch 157, § 3; SL 1997, ch 112, § 1.
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