21-36-11. Answer to complaint--Reply.
Any person named as a defendant, and any person who may claim any interest in and to said estate, may answer to said complaint, setting forth the nature of his claim with a prayer for such relief as he may deem himself entitled to. The plaintiff may thereupon, within thirty days from the service of any answer, reply thereto.
Source: SL 1909, ch 104, §4; RC 1919, §3052; SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, §37.4203.