If performance of an obligation is prevented by any cause excusing performance, other than the act of the creditor, the debtor is entitled to a ratable proportion of the consideration to which he would have been entitled upon full performance according to the benefit which the creditor receives from the actual performance.

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Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 20-6-6

  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.

Source: CivC 1877, § 857; CL 1887, § 3481; RCivC 1903, § 1175; RC 1919, § 782; SDC 1939, § 47.0231.