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§ 53-3-3 — Mutuality of consent.

South Dakota § 53-3-3
JurisdictionSouth Dakota
Title 53CONTRACTS
Ch. 53-3CONSENT TO CONTRACTS

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S.D. Codified Laws § 53-3-3 (2026).

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Consent is not mutual unless the parties all agree upon the same thing in the same sense. In certain cases prescribed in the law on interpretation of contracts they are to be deemed so to agree without regard to the fact.

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Legislative History

CivC 1877, § 891; CL 1887, § 3515; RCivC 1903, § 1209; RC 1919, § 824; SDC 1939, § 10.0315.

Nearby Sections

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§ 53-1-1
Contract defined.
§ 53-1-2
Essential elements of contract.
§ 53-1-3
Contracts, express or implied--Express contract defined--Implied contract defined.
§ 53-1-4
Law and usage of place of performance, application to contracts.
§ 53-10-1
Executed contract distinguished from executory contract.
§ 53-10-2
Time of performance of contract not specified--Allowance of reasonable time--Instant action.
§ 53-10-3
Time as essence of the contract.
§ 53-11-1
Extinguishment of contracts--Methods.
§ 53-11-2
Rescission by party to contract--Grounds.
§ 53-11-3
Rescission not effected by consent--Accomplishment by use of diligence to comply with rules governing rescission.
§ 53-11-4
Prompt action by party rescinding on discovery of duress, undue influence, or disability.
§ 53-11-5
Restoration of everything of value by party rescinding.
§ 53-11-6
Extinction by destruction or cancellation of contract or signatures by consent.
§ 53-11-7
Extinction by intentional destruction, cancellation or alteration of contract--Alteration or destruction of duplicate, not to prejudice.
§ 53-12-1
Definition of terms.
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