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Code · South Dakota · Title 20 · Chapter 20-3

20-3-2. Unlawful or impossible alternative disregarded.

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If one of the alternative acts required by an obligation is such as the law will not enforce, or becomes unlawful, or impossible of performance, the obligation is to be interpreted as though the other stood alone.
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