Every successive owner of property who neglects to abate a continuing nuisance upon, or in the use of, such property, created by a former owner, is liable therefor in the same manner as the one who first created it.
S.D. Codified Laws § 21-10-8
Liability of successive owners for continuing nuisance
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Kryger v. Dokken (1986)
Most recently applied in Kryger v. Dokken (April 1986)
Source: CivC 1877, § 2051; CL 1887, § 4685; RCivC 1903, § 2397; RC 1919, § 2070; SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 37.4705.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.