There shall be one form of action to be known as a "civil action." The distinction between actions at law and suits in equity, and the forms of all such actions and suits, are abolished in this state.
S.D. Codified Laws § 15-6-2
One form of action
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case LPN Trust v. Farrar Outdoor Advertising, Inc. (1996)
Most recently applied in Vor, Inc. v. Estate of O'farrell (February 2025)
Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 33.0101; SD RCP, Rule 2, as adopted by Sup
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Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.