Section 4-11-15 - Notice to attorney general of civil actions--Compromise of actions

4-11-15. Notice to attorney general of civil actions--Compromise of actions.The attorney general shall be notified at the beginning of any action, and kept fully advised of the progress thereof, and it shall not be lawful for any board of county commissioners or board of other taxing district to make a settlement or compromise of any claim exceeding the sum of three hundred dollars, or of any civil action or controversy arising out of such malfeasance, misfeasance or neglect of duty so reported, nor for any court to enter any compromise or settlement of such civil action, without giving notice thereof to the attorney general and allowing him to be heard in the matter. Source: SL 1943, ch 258, §9; SDC Supp 1960, §55.2909.