Section 43-32-16 - Tenant receiving notice of adverse proceedings--Duty to inform landlord. - South Dakota Statutes

43-32-16. Tenant receiving notice of adverse proceedings--Duty to inform landlord. Every tenant who receives notice of any proceeding to recover the real property occupied by him or the possession thereof must immediately inform his landlord of the same and also deliver to the landlord the notice, if in writing, and is responsible to the landlord for all damages which he may sustain by reason of any omission to inform him of the notice or to deliver to him, if in writing.

Source: CivC 1877, § 1121; CL 1887, § 3744; RCivC 1903, § 1440; RC 1919, § 1064; SDC 1939, § 38.0418.