Every person who, while lawfully in possession of personal property renders any service to the owner by carriage thereof, has a special lien thereon dependent on possession for the compensation due to him from the owner for such service.
S.D. Codified Laws § 44-11-9
Carriage of personal property--Special lien dependent on possession
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case South Dakota Farm Bureau, Inc. v. Hazeltine (2002)
Most recently applied in South Dakota Farm Bureau, Inc. v. Hazeltine (May 2002)
Source: CivC 1877, § 1806; CL 1887, § 4441; RCivC 1903, § 2153; RC 1919, § 1694; SDC 1939, § 39.1501.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.