One who deals with an agent without knowing or having reason to believe that the agent acts as such in the transaction, may set off, against any claim of the principal arising out of the same, all claims which he might have set off against the agent before notice of the agency.
S.D. Codified Laws § 59-6-8
Setoff by person dealing with agent without knowledge of agency
Source: CivC 1877, § 1372; CL 1887, § 3995; RCivC 1903, § 1691; RC 1919, § 1273; SDC 1939, § 3.0308.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.