21-3-6. Treble damages for forcible exclusion from real property.For forcibly ejecting or excluding a person from the possession of real property, the measure of damages is three times such a sum as would compensate for the detriment caused to him by the act complained of. Source: CivC 1877, §1977; CL 1887, §4610; RCivC 1903, §2322; RC 1919, §1994; SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, §37.1907.
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