No action or suit may be brought against a cooperative or foreign corporation doing business in this state pursuant to this chapter, or against any agent, servant, or employee thereof, by reason of the maintenance of electric transmission or distribution lines on any real property after the expiration of a period of two years of continuous maintenance of such lines.
S.D. Codified Laws § 47-21-79
Limitation of actions
Known as the Electric Cooperative Law
The act spans §§ 47–47 (92 sections).
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Wallahan v. Black Hills Electric Coop, Inc. (1994)
Most recently applied in Wallahan v. Black Hills Electric Coop, Inc. (October 1994)
Source: SL 1947, ch 33, § 29; SDC Supp 1960, § 11.2229.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.