<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 53-4-12 - Provision that contract not avoided by errors in description--Right to rescind for fraud or mistake. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072027Normal { 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.s2072027SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072027CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072027Normal-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.s2072027DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072027000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072027SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072027SCL-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="s2072027Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-4-12"><span class="s2072027SENU">53-4-12</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072027SENU">. </span><span class="s2072027CL">Provision that contract not avoided by errors in description--Right to rescind for fraud or mistake.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072027Normal-000000"><span class="s2072027DefaultParagraphFont">A provision that errors of description shall not avoid a contract or shall be subject to compensation or both does not take away the right of rescission for fraud, nor for mistake, where such mistake is in a matter essential to the inducement of the contract and is not capable of exact and entire compensation.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072027Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072027000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072027Normal"><span class="s2072027SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072027SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 966; CL 1887, § 3590; RCivC 1903, § 1284; RC 1919, § 905; SDC 1939, § 10.0803.</span></p></div></body></html>