Prohibition against abandoning condemnation proceeding

SDCL § 31-19-35 — under ACQUISITION OF LAND AND MATERIALS FOR HIGHWAY PURPOSES.

SDCL § 31-19-35

A proceeding to condemn land for public use may not be abandoned after filing of declaration of taking, so as to deprive an owner whose property had been taken of his constitutional right to have damages assessed and paid in money. Source: SL 1963, ch 195 , § 7.