Wheeler v. Baker
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Wayne; Donovan, J. Assumpsit by Hayden W. Wheeler, Hayden H. Butts, Oliver G. Fessenden, Walter N. Walker, and Willard H. Wheeler, copartners as Hayden W. Wheeler & Company, against Fred L. Baker, for money had and received. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiffs bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
During the year 1900 defendant was a traveling salesman in the employ of plaintiffs. He became short in his accounts, and on the 14th of October, 1900, plaintiff Fessenden obtained from him at Pittsburg, Pa., a written confession that his shortages amounted to the sum of $2,575.39, summarized as follows: Short on *508cash collected, $693.16; goods sold for cash, and unaccounted for, $1,327.16; goods given as discount, and charged to other parties, $236.44; goods given as discount, and not yet charged to anybody, $318.63. After this confession was obtained, defendant was permitted to do business…
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