20-11A-5. Restriction on subjection to exemplary damages.A person of unsound mind cannot be subjected to exemplary damages, unless at the time of the act he was capable of knowing that it was wrongful. Source: CivC 1877, §24; CL 1887, §2523; RCivC 1903, §24; RC 1919, §90; SDC 1939, §30.0805; SDCL §27A-2-5.
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