21-10-14. Approval required for dismissal of action against house of ill fame--Substitution of parties plaintiff.
If the complaint in an action pursuant to §21-10-11 is filed by a citizen, it shall not be dismissed except upon a sworn statement made by the plaintiff and his attorney setting forth the reasons why the action should be dismissed, and the dismissal approved by the state's attorney, in writing, or in open court. If the court is of the opinion that the action ought not to be dismissed, he may direct the state's attorney to prosecute said action to judgment, and if the action is continued more than one term of court, any citizen of the county or the state's attorney may be substituted for the party plaintiff and prosecute said action to judgment.
Source: SL 1913, ch 123, §3; RC 1919, §2080; SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, §37.4803.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 10 - Remedies Against Nuisances
Section 21-10-1 - Acts and omissions constituting nuisances.
Section 21-10-2 - Acts under statutory authority not deemed nuisance.
Section 21-10-3 - Public and private nuisances defined.
Section 21-10-4 - Public nuisance not legalized by lapse of time.
Section 21-10-5 - Remedies against nuisances enumerated.
Section 21-10-6 - Abatement of nuisance--Notice required--Taxing cost of abatement--Civil action.
Section 21-10-7 - Damages for past injury recoverable after abatement.
Section 21-10-8 - Liability of successive owners for continuing nuisance.
Section 21-10-10 - House of ill fame declared nuisance--Injunction and abatement.
Section 21-10-16 - Costs taxable to plaintiff on finding of no reasonable ground.
Section 21-10-20 - Punishment of violations of injunction--Arrest and trial--Penalty.
Section 21-10-25 - Costs assessed against plaintiff in certain farm operation nuisance actions.
Section 21-10-25.1 - State policy to protect agricultural operations from nuisance suits.
Section 21-10-25.3 - Agricultural operation defined.
Section 21-10-25.5 - Agricultural operation within municipality not protected.
Section 21-10-26 - Logging slash defined.
Section 21-10-27 - Abandonment of logging slash as public nuisance--Penalty.
Section 21-10-28 - Use or operation of sport shooting range.
Section 21-10-28.1 - Significant threat to human life or private habitations.
Section 21-10-29 - Injunction not available to certain adversely affected property owners.
Section 21-10-30 - Recovery based on negligence or willful or wanton misconduct not precluded.
Section 21-10-31 - Provisions inapplicable where substantial change in primary use has occurred.
Section 21-10-32 - Regulation of sport shooting ranges not prohibited.
Section 21-10-33 - Sport shooting range defined.
Section 21-10-34 - Prospective application of §§ 21-10-28 to 21-10-33.