Section 15-6-39(c) - Advisory jury and trial by consent. - South Dakota Statutes

15-6-39(c). Advisory jury and trial by consent. In all actions not triable of right by a jury the court upon motion or of its own initiative may try any issue with an advisory jury, or the court, with the consent of both parties, may order a trial with a jury whose verdict has the same effect as if trial by jury had been a matter of right.

Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 33.1302; SD RCP, Rule 39 (c), as adopted by Sup. Ct. Order March 29, 1966, effective July 1, 1966.