Bode v. Lee

The plaintiffs were the proprietors of a bonded warehouse in San Francisco, and had one R. P. Scott in their employ as foreman or manager of the warehouse. In February, 1886, they discovered that Scott had been unfaithful to his trust for a number of years, and had privately and corruptly sold various articles of merchandise that had been stored in their warehouse. A portion of the merchandise so sold by him consisted of boxes of sheet tin, which were purchased by the defendants, and upon the discovery of the fact the plaintiffs brought this action to recover from the defendants the value of…