21-45-44. Sale not confirmed if higher and better bid filed--Successive bids at hearing--Order directing conveyance to highest bidder.
Such sale shall not be confirmed as to any property for which a higher and better bid in writing, equal to or exceeding the amount specified in the order of sale, shall have been filed, prior to or at the hearing upon the return of sale, and successive bids may be received at such hearing. At the close of said bidding the court shall enter an order directing the execution and delivery of a proper conveyance to and the taking of security, if any, from the person filing or making the highest and best bid.
Source: SDC 1939, §37.1437 as added by SL 1943, ch 137, §2; SL 1945, ch 161, §1; SL 1947, ch 170.