If the performance of an obligation be prevented by the creditor, the debtor is entitled to all the benefits, which he would have obtained, if it had been performed by both parties.
S.D. Codified Laws § 20-6-5
Debtor entitled to benefits when performance prevented by creditor
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case AFSCME—Local 1025 Sioux Falls School Maintenance & Custodial Workers v. Sioux Falls School District 49-5 (2000)
Most recently applied in AFSCME—Local 1025 Sioux Falls School Maintenance & Custodial Workers v. Sioux Falls School District 49-5 (February 2000)
Source: CivC 1877, § 856; CL 1887, § 3480; RCivC 1903, § 1174; RC 1919, § 781; SDC 1939, § 47.0230.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.