An employee who has any business to transact on the employee's own account, similar to that entrusted to the employee by the employer, shall always give the employer the preference.
S.D. Codified Laws § 60-2-13
Preference to employer's business
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case Paint Brush Corp. v. Neu (1999)
Most recently applied in Reuben C. Setliff, III, M.D., P.C. v. Stewart (March 2005)
Source: CivC 1877, § 1145; CL 1887, § 3768; RCivC 1903, § 1464; RC 1919, § 1088; SDC 1939, § 17.0311; SL 2008, ch 276, § 18.
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Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.