S.D. Codified Laws § 15-6-2 : — CIVIL PROCEDURERules of Procedure in Circuit Courts —6-2 - One form of action

There shall be one form of action to be known as a "civil action." The distinction between actions at law and suits in equity, and the forms of all such actions and suits, are abolished in this state.

SDCL 15-6-2

: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 33.0101; SD RCP, Rule 2, as adopted by Sup. Ct. Order March 29, 1966, effective July 1, 1966.