Section 20-11-8 - Newspaper retraction as rebuttal of presumption of malice

20-11-8. Newspaper retraction as rebuttal of presumption of malice.The publication of a full and fair retraction of the alleged defamatory statement as provided by §20-11-7 shall, on the trial of an action for such libel, be held and considered a rebuttal of any and all presumption of malice attached to and growing out of such alleged libel. Source: SL 1915, ch 153, §2; RC 1919, §97; SDC 1939, §47.0505.