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SDCL § 43-16-1 Owner of land in fee, right to surface and things beneath or above it
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The owner of land in fee has the right to the surface and to everything permanently situated beneath or above it. Source: CivC 1877, § 265; CL 1887, § 2781; RCivC 1903, § 288; RC 1919, § 358; SDC 1939, § 51.0701.
SDCL § 43-16-2 Coterminous owner--Right to lateral and subjacent support
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Each coterminous owner is entitled to the lateral and subjacent support which his land receives from the adjoining land, subject to the right of the owner of the adjoining land to make proper and usual excavations on the same for purposes of construction, on using ordinary care a…
SDCL § 43-16-3 Land bounded by road or street--Scope of ownership
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An owner of land bounded by a road or street is presumed to own to the center of the way, but the contrary may be shown. Source: CivC 1877, § 267; CL 1887, § 2783; RCivC 1903, § 290; RC 1919, § 360; SDC 1939, § 51.0704.
SDCL § 43-16-4 Ownership of tree on land determined by the location of its trunk
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Trees whose trunks stand wholly upon the land of one owner, belong exclusively to him, although their roots grow into the land of another. Trees whose trunks stand partly on the land of two or more coterminous owners belong to them in common. Source: CivC 1877, §§ 269, 270; CL 18…
