State v. Burns

Peterson, Justice.

The defendants, Neil J. Cook, Robert J. Burns, and L. J. Seiberlich, copartners doing business as the Bureau of Credit Control, were indicted for having conspired on August 6, 1941, to cheat and defraud one John F. Theisen by means of false representations that they had for collection an account against him on which he owed one Forner $61.90; that, although the amount due on said account on May 1, 1941, was $30, it had become $61.90 because Theisen had been dilatory in making payment; that defendants were authorized to bring an action against Theisen and his wife to enforce…