A contract made expressly for the benefit of a third person may be enforced by him at any time before the parties thereto rescind it.
S.D. Codified Laws § 53-2-6
Contract for benefit of third person--Enforcement by beneficiary, limitation of time
Applied in 13 court decisions — leading case Trouten v. Heritage Mutual Insurance Co. (2001)
Most recently applied in Johnson v. Johnson (November 2024)
Source: CivC 1877, § 875; CL 1887, § 3499; RCivC 1903, § 1193; RC 1919, § 808; SDC 1939, § 10.0204.
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Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.