<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 53-4-10 - Mistake of law defined. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072025Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2072025SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072025CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072025Normal-000000 { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2072025DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072025Normal-000001 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2072025000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072025SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072025SCL-000003 { 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="s2072025Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-4-10"><span class="s2072025SENU">53-4-10</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072025SENU">. </span><span class="s2072025CL">Mistake of law defined.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072025Normal-000000"><span class="s2072025DefaultParagraphFont">A mistake of law in relation to consent to contract constitutes a mistake resulting in voidable consent only when it arises from:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072025Normal-000001"><span class="s2072025DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    A misapprehension of the law by all parties, all supposing that they knew and understood it and all making substantially the same mistake as to the law; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072025Normal-000001"><span class="s2072025DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    A misapprehension of the law by one party of which the others are aware at the time of contracting, but which they do not rectify.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072025Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072025000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072025Normal"><span class="s2072025SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072025SCL-000003"> CivC 1877, § 889; CL 1887, § 3513; RCivC 1903, § 1207; RC 1919, § 822; SDC 1939, § 10.0313.</span></p></div></body></html>