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 if no other life estate had been created.
Source: CivC 1877, §231; CL 1887, §2747; RCivC 1903, §254; RC 1919, §324; SDC 1939, §51.0415.