{"data":{"id":"us-sd/sdcl-59-3-8","jurisdiction":"us-sd","citation":"SDCL § 59-3-8","heading":"Agent cannot have authority to defraud principal.","body":"An agent can never have authority, either actual or ostensible, to do an act which is, and is known or suspected by the person with whom he deals to be, a fraud on the principal.","path":["TITLE 59. AGENCY","CHAPTER 59-3. POWERS OF AGENT"],"source_url":"https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/59-3-8","current_through":"2026-08-31","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:18:57Z","sha256":"0afe011893bbcdbb256b92ba2636f0f5773de0600dbef5e3e082845440ac8323","source_id":"us-sd","stale":true,"prev":"us-sd/sdcl-59-3-7","next":"us-sd/sdcl-59-3-9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}