An agent has power to disobey instructions in dealing with the subject of the agency, in cases where it is clearly for the interests of his principal that he should do so, and there is not time to communicate with the principal.
S.D. Codified Laws § 59-3-7
Agent's power to disobey instructions
Source: CivC 1877, § 1359; CL 1887, § 3982; RCivC 1903, § 1678; RC 1919, § 1260; SDC 1939, § 3.0207.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.