The publication of a full and fair retraction of the alleged defamatory statement as provided by § 20-11-7 shall, on the trial of an action for such libel, be held and considered a rebuttal of any and all presumption of malice attached to and growing out of such alleged libel.
S.D. Codified Laws § 20-11-8
Newspaper retraction as rebuttal of presumption of malice
Source: SL 1915, ch 153, § 2; RC 1919, § 97; SDC 1939, § 47.0505.
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