<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 53-4-6 - Constructive fraud, acts constituting. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072021Normal { 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.s2072021SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072021CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072021Normal-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.s2072021DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072021Normal-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.s2072021000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072021SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072021SCL-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="s2072021Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-4-6"><span class="s2072021SENU">53-4-6</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072021SENU">. </span><span class="s2072021CL">Constructive fraud, acts constituting.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072021Normal-000000"><span class="s2072021DefaultParagraphFont">Constructive fraud consists:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072021Normal-000001"><span class="s2072021DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    In any breach of duty which, without any actually fraudulent intent, gains an advantage to the person in fault or anyone claiming under him, by misleading another to his prejudice or to the prejudice of anyone claiming under him; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072021Normal-000001"><span class="s2072021DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    In any such act or omission as the law specially declares to be fraudulent, without respect to actual fraud.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072021Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072021000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072021Normal"><span class="s2072021SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072021SCL-000003"> CivC 1877, § 884; CL 1887, § 3508; RCivC 1903, § 1202; RC 1919, § 817; SDC 1939, § 10.0308.</span></p></div></body></html>