53-3-5. Assumption of obligation by acceptance of benefits.
A voluntary acceptance of the benefit of a transaction is equivalent to a consent to all the obligations arising from it so far as the facts are known or ought to be known to the person accepting.
Source: CivC 1877, §900; CL 1887, §3524; RCivC 1903, §1218; RC 1919, §833; SDC 1939, §10.0324.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 03 - Consent To Contracts
Section 53-3-1 - Essentials of consent.
Section 53-3-2 - Absence of free consent--Contract voidable--Rescission.
Section 53-3-3 - Mutuality of consent.
Section 53-3-4 - Ratification of voidable contract for want of consent.
Section 53-3-5 - Assumption of obligation by acceptance of benefits.