Shook v. Lyon
New York Court of Common Pleas
Appeal from sixth district court. Action by Sheridan Shook and James Everard against James D. Lyon for money had and received. From a judgment for plaintiffs defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBischoff, J.
The plaintiffs were brewers engaged in business under the firm name of Shook & Everard, and the defendant was employed by them as book-keeper and cashier for a period exceeding 10 years. In the course of his employment it was the duty of the defendant to receive payment of money from customers, and to account therefor to the plaintiffs, by turning over the money received, entering the receipt thereof in the cash-book kept for that purpose, and crediting the customer’s account with the sum paid. After the defendant had left the plaintiffs’ employ they discovered that one John H. Enhuss, a…
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