43-9-6. Successive estates for life--Limitation.Successive estates for life cannot be limited except to persons in being at the creation thereof, and all life estates subsequent to those of persons in being are void; and upon the death of those persons, the remainder, if valid in its creation, takes effect in the same manner as if no other life estate had been created. Source: CivC 1877, §231; CL 1887, §2747; RCivC 1903, §254; RC 1919, §324; SDC 1939, §51.0415.
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