43-4-8. Absolute delivery of grant required--Conditional delivery ineffective.A grant cannot be delivered to the grantee conditionally. Delivery to him or to his agent as such is necessarily absolute; and the instrument takes effect thereupon discharged of any condition on which the delivery was made. Source: CivC 1877, §608; CL 1887, §3231; RCivC 1903, §924; RC 1919, §526; SDC 1939, §51.1305.
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