If, at the time of the performance by a debtor described by § 20-4-6, the intention or desire of the debtor that such performance should be applied to the extinction of any particular obligation, be manifested to the creditor, it must be so applied.
S.D. Codified Laws § 20-4-7
Performance applied according to debtor's intent
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case R & L Supply, Ltd. v. Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society (1990)
Most recently applied in R & L Supply, Ltd. v. Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society (November 1990)
Source: CivC 1877, § 833, subdiv 1; CL 1887, § 3457, subdiv 1; RCivC 1903, § 1150, subdiv 1; RC 1919, § 757 (1); SDC 1939, § 47.0207 (1).
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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.