Upon the trial of said action in the circuit court, the original or a duly certified copy of any petition, pleading, order, finding, or judgment, and the official or proven copy of the testimony of any witness, or other evidence received upon any former hearing in any court of record of this state, wherein any party to said action shall have appeared and asserted any claim or interest in such property or estate, shall be admissible in evidence for or against him.
S.D. Codified Laws § 21-36-19
Pleadings and testimony in prior proceedings admissible in evidence
Source: SL 1909, ch 104, § 5; RC 1919, § 3053; SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 37.4204.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.