A contract is an agreement to do or not to do a certain thing. Source: CivC 1877, § 870; CL 1887, § 3494; RCivC 1903, § 1188; RC 1919, § 803; SDC 1939, § 10.0101.
Contract defined
SDCL § 53-1-1 — under DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS.
SDCL § 53-1-1