Groda v. American Stores Company

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Maxey,

On Saturday night, November 24, 1928, a robbery of $875 in cash and of $223 in checks was perpetrated on the agents of the Hummelstown store of the American Stores Company. It was customary to deposit Saturday’s receipts, at a late hour, with a bank across the street. Previous to this robbery, the men who were assigned the duty of taking the deposit to the bank, left through the front door, but, in view of a rumor that the store was to be robbed, Groda, employed as meat manager by the American Stores Company, and Mr. Leedy, another employee, who were selected to…