Campbell v. Johnson

J. D. Johnson and Myrtle D. Purvis, partners trading as Purvis and Johnson, hereinafter referred to as the partnership, filed their bill in chancery in the Circuit Court against Martha Ruth Campbell and her father and mother, Harrison D. Campbell and Ethel H. Campbell, hereinafter referred to as the Campbells.

The bill alleged that Martha Ruth Campbell, while employed as a cashier in the retail business of the partnership, unlawfully took and embezzled money belonging to the partnership in the amount of at least $16,000; that the money was converted to the use of herself and her parents; that…