43-41-6. Compensation of finder--Necessary expenses--Preservation of lost thing--Reward for keeping.
The finder of a thing is entitled to compensation for all expenses necessarily incurred by him in its preservation, and for any other service necessarily performed by him about it, and to a reasonable reward for keeping it.
Source: CivC 1877, §1067; CL 1887, §3691; RCivC 1903, §1387; RC 1919, §1010; SDC 1939, §60.0204.