In instruments affecting the title to real property which have been recorded for ten years or more where the full first Christian name and middle initial, or full middle name and first initial, of the grantee, distributee, or otherwise, has been used and later, as grantor or otherwise, the initials of the same names have been used; and in instances where the initials of the first and middle names of the grantee, distributee, or otherwise, have been used and later, as grantor, or otherwise, the full first Christian name and middle initial, or full middle name and first initial, have been used; and in instances where the Christian name or names of the grantee, distributee, or otherwise is or are abbreviated and later, as grantor or otherwise such name or names is or are spelled in full; and in instances where the Christian name or names of the grantee, distributee, or otherwise is or are spelled in full and later, as grantor or otherwise, such names or name is or are abbreviated, and in instances where the names in the chain of titles are idem sonans, although differently spelled; and in all the foregoing instances, in the absence of some showing of record to the contrary, such names shall be presumed to be that of one and the same person notwithstanding such discrepancies therein.

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Source: SL 1943, ch 175, § 4; SDC Supp 1960, § 51.1626 (4).