Section 43-7-4 - Abolishment of estates tail--Fee tail is now a fee simple.
43-7-4. Abolishment of estates tail--Fee tail is now a fee simple. Estates tail are abolished, and every estate which would be at common law adjudged to be a fee tail is a fee simple, and if no valid remainder is limited thereon, is a fee simple absolute.
Source: CivC 1877, § 220; CL 1887, § 2736; RCivC 1903, § 243; RC 1919, § 313; SDC 1939, § 51.0405.