When a consideration is executory, it is not indispensable that the contract should specify its amount or the means of ascertaining it. It may be left to the decision of a third person or regulated by any specific standard.

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 53-6-8

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Person: includes natural persons, partnerships, associations, cooperative corporations, limited liability companies, and corporations. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2

Source: CivC 1877, § 911; CL 1887, § 3535; RCivC 1903, § 1229; RC 1919, § 844; SDC 1939, § 10.0508.