43-9-1. Freehold estate–Commencement at a future date. Subject to the provisions of this chapter and of chapters 43-1 to 43-7, inclusive, a freehold estate, as well as a chattel real, may be created to commence at a future day; an estate for life may be created in a term of years, and a remainder limited […]
43-9-10. Conditional limitation–Remainder limited on contingency. A remainder may be limited on a contingency which, in case it should happen, will operate to abridge or determine the precedent estate; and every such remainder is to be deemed a conditional limitation. Source: CivC 1877, §235; CL 1887, §2751; RCivC 1903, §258; RC 1919, §328; SDC 1939, […]
43-9-11. Rights of heirs of life tenant when made remaindermen. When a remainder is limited to the heirs, or heirs of the body, of a person to whom a life estate in the same property is given, the persons who, on the termination of the life estate are the successors or heirs of the body […]
43-9-12. Effect of remainder limited on estate for life or for years. When a remainder on an estate for life or for years is not limited on a contingency defeating or avoiding such precedent estate, it is to be deemed intended to take effect only on the death of the first taker, or the expiration […]
43-9-14. Action for injury to inheritance–Right to maintain. A person having an estate in fee, in remainder or reversion, may maintain an action for any injury done to the inheritance, notwithstanding an intervening estate for life or years, and although, after its commission, his estate is transferred, and he has no interest in the property […]
43-9-2. Limitation of future estate. A future estate may be limited by the act of the party to commence in possession at a future day, either without the intervention of a precedent estate, or on the termination, by lapse of time or otherwise, of a precedent estate created at the same time. Source: CivC 1877, […]
43-9-3. Reversion, definition. A reversion is the residue of an estate left by operation of law in the grantor or his successors or in the successors of a testator commencing in possession on the determination of a particular estate granted or devised. Source: CivC 1877, §225; CL 1887, §2741; RCivC 1903, §248; RC 1919, §318; […]
43-9-4. Remainder, definition. When a future estate, other than a reversion, is dependent on a precedent estate, it may be called a remainder, and may be created and transferred by that name. Source: CivC 1877, §226; CL 1887, §2742; RCivC 1903, §249; RC 1919, §319; SDC 1939, §51.0410.
43-9-5. Contingent remainder in fee created on prior remainder in fee. A contingent remainder in fee may be created on a prior remainder in fee, to take effect in the event that the persons to whom the first remainder is limited die under the age of twenty-one years, or upon any other contingency by which […]
43-9-6. Successive estates for life–Limitation. Successive estates for life cannot be limited except to persons in being at the creation thereof, and all life estates subsequent to those of persons in being are void; and upon the death of those persons, the remainder, if valid in its creation, takes effect in the same manner as […]
43-9-7. Remainder upon successive estates for life. No remainder can be created upon successive estates for life, provided for in §43-9-6, unless such remainder is in fee; nor can a remainder be created upon such estate in a term for years unless it is for the whole residue of such term. Source: CivC 1877, §232; […]
43-9-9. Estate for life cannot be limited as a remainder on a term of years–Exception. No estate for life can be limited as a remainder on a term of years, except to a person in being at the creation of such estate. Source: CivC 1877, §234; CL 1887, §2750; RCivC 1903, §257; RC 1919, §327; […]