Section 43-9-6 - Successive estates for life--Limitation.
43-9-6. Successive estates for life--Limitation. Successive estates for life cannot be limited except to persons in being at the creation thereof, and all life estates subsequent to those of persons in being are void; and upon the death of those persons, the remainder, if valid in its creation, takes effect in the same manner as if no other life estate had been created.
Source: CivC 1877, § 231; CL 1887, § 2747; RCivC 1903, § 254; RC 1919, § 324; SDC 1939, § 51.0415.