60-4-10. Discharge of employee--Concealment of misconduct.
An employer may discharge any employee, whether engaged for a fixed term or not, if, being employed about the person of the employer or in a confidential position, the employer discovers that the employee has been guilty of misconduct before or after the commencement of service of such a nature that, if the employer had known or contemplated it, the employer would not have employed the employee.
Source: CivC 1877, §1163, subdiv 2; CL 1887, §3786, subdiv 2; RCivC 1903, §1482, subdiv 2; RC 1919, §1106 (2); SDC 1939, §17.0507 (2); SL 2008, ch 276, §31.