Groening v. Nowlen

For several years prior to June 24, 1960, plaintiff herein was employed by defendant Grattan L. Nowlen as a bookkeeper. As such employee it appears that he appropriated to his own use funds belonging to the employer, the amount thereof being in dispute. Such conduct resulted in plaintiff being requested by police officers of the city of St. Joseph to accompany them to the municipal jail where the situation was discussed at some length for a period of approximately 5 hours. It appears that in the course of the conversation plaintiff admitted the taking of money, but denied the amount…