Price v. Bank of Poynette
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Columbia county: Chestee A. Fowlee, Circuit Judge. This action was brought to recover tbe value of certain personal property claimed to have been obtained from plaintiff, James Price, by defendants through fraud, duress, and with■out consideration.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Columbia county: Chestee A. Fowlee, Circuit Judge. This action was brought to recover tbe value of certain personal property claimed to have been obtained from plaintiff, James Price, by defendants through fraud, duress, and with■out consideration. The answer sets up misappropriation of money by plaintiff’s son, Fred C. Price, while in the employ of defendants, ■and that on May 'T, 1906, said Fred did turn over to defendants property in part payment, and that afterwards the full •amount of the misappropriation was discovered and that the…
1Opinion of the CourtKeewtbt, J.
The defendants II. P., A. J., and J. O. Jamie-son were the owners of the defendant Bank of Poynette and also the owners of a large amount of other property at Poy-nette, Arlington, and in that vicinity. Fred 0. Price, a son of plaintiff, had been in the employ of defendants for several years prior to 1906 in the capacity of clerk, bookkeeper, and general utility man of the defendant hank. Early in 1906 it was discovered that Fred C. Price had misappropriated a large amount of money belonging' to the defendant hank. Fred admitted his guilt and turned over such property as he had to the…
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