Section 21-9-2 - Obligations and agreements not specifically enforceable

21-9-2. Obligations and agreements not specifically enforceable.The following obligations cannot be specifically enforced:(1)An obligation to render personal service;(2)An obligation to employ another in personal service;(3)An agreement to submit a controversy to arbitration except as authorized in the Uniform Arbitration Act;(4)An agreement to perform an act which the party has not power lawfully to perform when required to do so;(5)An agreement to procure the act or consent of the spouse of the contracting party, or of any other third person;(6)An agreement, the terms of which are not sufficiently certain, to make the precise act which is to be done clearly ascertainable. Source: CivC 1877, §1999; CL 1887, §4632; RCivC 1903, §2344; RC 1919, §2015; SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, §37.4602; SL 1971, ch 157, §26; SL 1979, ch 149, §11.