Jex v. Jewel Tea Co.

The plaintiffs in error, Horatio N. and Adelaide M. Jex, became sureties in 1910 on a bond in the amount of $500, given to guarantee the faithful performance of the duties of one Walter Frank Dieterle, who was an employe of the Jewel Tea Company. Among the duties which devolved upon the employe was the collection of money from customers, aggregating $25 to $75 per day, making a daily report of such collections, and turning in the funds so received by him.

The employe having converted to his own use and embezzled large sums of money, aggregating more than $1,600, an action was brought against…