Simpson v. Brooks

Griffin Smith, Chief Justice.

The Fidelity Company is a partnership engaged in the insurance brokerage business. During 1939 and until June 10, 1943, and prior thereto, Lee Abies was bookkeeper for the Company; and while acting in that capacity he is alleged to have taken more than $39,000. The complaint states that Paul Brooks was a “bookmaker” residing in Pulaski County, where he accepted bets on horse races. During the period in question, Abies is alleged to have paid Brooks “a large proportion” of the money he took from the Company, the exact sum being unknown to the plaintiffs. It was…