Section 20-9-8 - Right to use force in defense of persons or property.
20-9-8. Right to use force in defense of persons or property. Any necessary force may be used to protect from wrongful injury the person or property of one's self, or of a wife, husband, child, parent, or other relative, or member of one's family, or of a ward, servant, master, or guest.
Source: CivC 1877, § 33; CL 1887, § 2532; RCivC 1903, § 33; RC 1919, § 101; SDC 1939, § 47.0303.