A servitude can be created only by one who has a vested estate in the servient tenement.
S.D. Codified Laws § 43-13-4
Creation of servitude--Vested estate in servient tenement necessary
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Vander Heide v. Boke Ranch, Inc. (2007)
Most recently applied in Ehlebracht v. Deuel Cnty. Pln. Comm'n and Crowned Ridge Wind II, LLC (March 2022)
Source: CivC 1877, § 247; CL 1887, § 2763; RCivC 1903, § 270; RC 1919, § 340; SDC 1939, § 51.0604.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.