Ripon Knitting Works v. Railway Express Agency, Inc.

The following opinion was filed February 9, 1932:

Rosenberry, C. J.

The facts in this case disclose a situation with which courts are often obliged to deal, where one or the other of two innocent parties must suffer by reason of *457the wrongful acts of a third. The defendant believed, not without reason, that Lambert was an honest and faithful employee and worthy of its trust and confidence. The plaintiff dealt with the defendant through Lambert upon th.e same assumption. Both parties trusted him, each relied upon his honesty and probity, and each has been deceived and' wronged. As to the factual…