Hume v. Davison-Paxon Co.

This was a suit by Davison-Paxon Company against W. W. Hume, on a promissory note. The trial judge directed a verdict, the defendant excepted, and the case is now before this court for decision. It appears from the evidence that Davison-Paxon Company is a department store and had therein what was designated as a “tube room” in which all the cash taken in the store was each day to be deposited at the close thereof. The cashier of each of the various departments, each morning, was given a bag with a certain amount of money therein which was known as “petty cash,” which was to be used in making…