When an appeal is taken to the circuit court from a judgment rendered in a magistrate court and no verbatim record of the proceedings is available, the circuit court shall direct that the case be tried de novo.
SDCL 15-38-40
When an appeal is taken to the circuit court from a judgment rendered in a magistrate court and no verbatim record of the proceedings is available, the circuit court shall direct that the case be tried de novo.
SDCL 15-38-40