An action under the provisions of this chapter cannot be brought in connection with any other except for rents and profits or damages but the plaintiff may bring separate actions for the same if he so desire.
S.D. Codified Laws § 21-16-4
Joinder of actions
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case LPN Trust v. Farrar Outdoor Advertising, Inc. (1996)
Most recently applied in Stock v. Garrett (February 2025)
Source: SL 1881, ch 87, § 2; CL 1887, § 6080; RJustC 1903, § 51; RC 1919, § 2178; Supreme Court Rule 596, 1939; SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 37.3906.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.