The petitions herein provided for shall be liberally construed, so that the real intention of the petitioners may not be defeated by a mere technicality.
S.D. Codified Laws § 2-1-11
Petitions liberally construed
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case Nist v. Herseth (1978)
Most recently applied in Bohn v. Bueno (February 2024)
Source: SDC 1939, § 55.0406.
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Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.