Section 43-16-1 - Owner of land in fee, right to surface and things beneath or above it.

43-16-1. Owner of land in fee, right to surface and things beneath or above it. The owner of land in fee has the right to the surface and to everything permanently situated beneath or above it.

Source: CivC 1877, § 265; CL 1887, § 2781; RCivC 1903, § 288; RC 1919, § 358; SDC 1939, § 51.0701.