Title 43 — PROPERTY

The transfer of title to personal property by sale or exchange is regulated by Titles 53 and 57A, except as otherwise specifically provided in this title. Source: SDC 1939, § 51.1501.

An interest in a ship, or in an existing trust, can be transferred only by operation of law, or by a written instrument, subscribed by the person making the transfer, or by his agent. Source: CivC 1877, § 634; CL 1887, § 3255; RCivC 1903, § 948; RC 1919, § 556; SDC 1939, § 51.150…

The title to personal property, sold or exchanged, passes to the buyer whenever the parties agree upon a present transfer, and the thing itself is identified, whether it is separated from other things or not, except as may be otherwise provided in chapter 57A-2 . Source: CivC 187…

Title is transferred by an executory agreement for the sale or exchange of personal property, only when the buyer has accepted the thing, or when the seller has completed it, prepared it for delivery, and offered it to the buyer, with intent to transfer the title thereto, in mann…

Where the possession of personal property, together with a power to dispose thereof, is transferred by its owner to another person, an executed sale by the latter, while in possession, to a buyer in good faith and in the ordinary course of business, for value, transfers to such b…

The good will of a business is the expectation of continued public patronage, but it does not include a right to use the name of any person from whom it was acquired. The good will of a business is property, transferable like any other. Source: CivC 1877, §§ 577, 578; CL 1887, §§…