Forrester v. State

OPINION

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is embezzlement; the punishment, seven (7) years, probated.

Appellant, an attorney at law, was employed by the Western & Southern Life Insurance Co. of Ohio to represent them in foreclosing a certain lien on property in Cameron County, Texas. During the course of such employment, appellant secured from the company a release of their lien on the property upon the representation to the company that he had made arrangements with the mortgagor to pay off the indebtedness which he, in turn, would transmit to the company. Relying upon this representation, the…