Skillman v. M. J. Clark Memorial Home

The M. J. Clark Memorial Home, at Grand Rapids, is a corporation organized by Methodists in the interest of retired ministers, their wives, widows, and other aged persons. For many years, Lawton L. Skillman, husband of plaintiff, was treasurer of the Home. While such treasurer he embezzled $29,500, and on November 22, 1922, confessed his crime to his wife and then to officers of the Memorial Home. The embezzled money was used by Mr. Skillman in the Skillman Lumber Company, a corporation with a capital of $10,000, with the capital stock mostly held by Mr. Skillman, but of which plaintiff held…