43-25-17. Subsequently acquired title passes by operation of law.
Where a person purports by proper instrument to grant real property in fee simple, and subsequently acquires any title or claim of title thereto, the same passes by operation of law to the grantee or his successors.
Source: CivC 1877, §633, subdiv 4; CL 1887, §3254, subdiv 4; RCivC 1903, §947, subdiv 4; RC 1919, §555 (4); SDC 1939, §51.1414 (4).