21-48-3Default required before foreclosure.

To entitle any party to foreclose by advertisement, it shall be necessary that some default in a condition of such mortgage shall have accrued, by which the power to sell has become operative.

Source: CCivP 1877, § 598, subdiv 1; CL 1887, § 5412, subdiv 1; RCCivP 1903, § 637, subdiv 1; RC 1919, § 2877 (1); SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 37.3002 (1).