Knobley Mountain Orchard Co. v. Peoples Bank of Keyser

Hatcher, Judge:

For several years, T. D. Leps was treasurer of tbe plaintiff and at the same time cashier of the defendant. During the year 1919, to offset shortages amounting to $2,300.00 in his own and his brother’s accounts with the bank, he charged the account to the plaintiff on the ledger of the Bank with that amount in items of $1,000.00, $1,000.00, and $300.00 respectively. He posted the passbook of the plaintiff both in that year and in 1920, but did not enter thereon these three charges ¿gainst it. Sometime in 1920, Leps, without depositing any money, entered credits on the account…