Legal Opinion

Adams v. Elseffer

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided December 29, 1902No. Docket No. 116PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Error to Saginaw; Beach, J. 'Assumpsit by James A. Adams against Florence H. Elseffer for money had and received. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff brings error.

1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.

This is an action of assumpsit. The plaintiff has for several years been engaged in the retail shoe business at the city of Saginaw. From 1895 until August 17, 1901, the defendant was his cashier and *101bookkeeper. On that date the plaintiff, as the testimony offered on his behalf tend^ to show, discovered that defendant was appropriating money received from sales of goods to her own use, and falsifying the accounts by failing to enter the amounts upon the books. The plaintiff also offered testimony tending to show by one Erhart, a clerk of the plaintiff, that some two years previous he had…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Gebhart v. BurkettIndiana Supreme Court · 1877
  2. Gough v. St. JohnNew York Supreme Court · 1837
  3. Warren v. HolbrookMichigan Supreme Court · 1893
  4. Vawter v. HultzSupreme Court of Missouri · 1892
  5. Fahey v. CrottyMichigan Supreme Court · 1886

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. McNabb v. Green Real Estate Co.Michigan Court of Appeals · 1975
  2. Grant v. PendleyTexas Commission of Appeals · 1931
  3. Knickerbocker v. WorthingMichigan Supreme Court · 1904
  4. Drexler v. ZohlenWisconsin Supreme Court · 1934
  5. Harris v. NealMichigan Supreme Court · 1908

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