Newspaper retraction as rebuttal of presumption of malice

The publication of a full and fair retraction of the alleged defamatory statement as provided by § 20-11-7 shall, on the trial of an action for such libel, be held and considered a rebuttal of any and all presumption of malice attached to and growing out of such alleged libel. Source: SL 1915, ch 153 , § 2; RC 1919, § 97; SDC 1939, § 47.0505.