GroundRules
SDCL § 15-38-40: (Rule 7(c)) Trial de novo when verbatim record not available.
Where this section sits in the code
- TITLE 15. CIVIL PROCEDURE
- CHAPTER 15-38. APPEALS FROM MAGISTRATE COURT
When an appeal is taken to the circuit court from a judgment rendered in a magistrate court and no verbatim record of the proceedings is available, the circuit court shall direct that the case be tried de novo.
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