Any legal rate of interest, stipulated by a contract, remains chargeable after a breach thereof, as before, until the contract is superseded by a verdict or other new obligation.

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Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 54-3-6

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • 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, § 1102; CL 1887, § 3725; RCivC 1903, § 1421; RC 1919, § 1045; SDC 1939, § 38.0106.