53-4-6. Constructive fraud, acts constituting.
Constructive fraud consists:
(1)In any breach of duty which, without any actually fraudulent intent, gains an advantage to the person in fault or anyone claiming under him, by misleading another to his prejudice or to the prejudice of anyone claiming under him; or
(2)In any such act or omission as the law specially declares to be fraudulent, without respect to actual fraud.
Source: CivC 1877, §884; CL 1887, §3508; RCivC 1903, §1202; RC 1919, §817; SDC 1939, §10.0308.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 04 - Duress, Fraud, Undue Influence And Mistake
Section 53-4-1 - Apparent consent voidable--Grounds.
Section 53-4-2 - Consent deemed voidable--Grounds.
Section 53-4-3 - Duress defined.
Section 53-4-4 - Fraud, actual or constructive.
Section 53-4-5 - Actual fraud, acts constituting, question of fact.
Section 53-4-6 - Constructive fraud, acts constituting.
Section 53-4-7 - Undue influence, acts constituting.
Section 53-4-8 - Mistake, classification.
Section 53-4-9 - Mistake of fact defined.
Section 53-4-10 - Mistake of law defined.