In all civil actions cognizable by a magistrate judge, except actions for the forcible entry and detainer, or detainer only, of real property, tried in the circuit court, the verdict may be rendered by five-sixths of the jury in the manner provided in §§ 15-14-28 and 15-14-29.

Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 33.1334; SL 1974, ch 153 , § 7; SL 1985, ch 160 ; SL 1994, ch 157 , § 3; SL 1997, ch 112 , § 1.