<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 21-41-15 - Counterclaim for improvements to include value of land and improvements--Issue and findings on valuation. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2046519Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2046519SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2046519CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2046519Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2046519DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2046519000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2046519SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2046519SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2046519Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=21-41-15"><span class="s2046519SENU">21-41-15</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2046519SENU">. </span><span class="s2046519CL">Counterclaim for improvements to include value of land and improvements--Issue and findings on valuation.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046519Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2046519DefaultParagraphFont">Any counterclaim filed pursuant to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=21-14-5"><span class="s2046519DefaultParagraphFont">21-14-5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2046519DefaultParagraphFont"> must set forth, among other things, the value of the land aside from the improvements thereon, and also as accurately as practicable the improvements upon the land and the value thereof. Issues may be joined and tried as in other actions, and the value of the land aside from the value of the improvements thereon, and the separate value of the improvements, must be specifically found by the verdict of the jury, the report of the referee, or the findings of the court.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046519Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2046519000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046519Normal"><span class="s2046519SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2046519SCL-000002"> CCivP 1877, §§ 642, 643; CL 1887, §§ 5456, 5457; RCCivP 1903, §§ 682, 683; RC 1919, §§ 2858, 2859; Supreme Court Rules 583, 584, 1939; SDC 1939 &amp; Supp 1960, §§ 37.1517, 37.1518.</span></p></div></body></html>