Schommer v. Farwell

This was a bill in chancery, filed by Leonard Schommer against John Y. and Charles B. Far well, to set aside a mortgage given by complainant to them under the following circumstances: It appears the Farwells employed a son of Schommer, a youth of sixteen, to keep an account of the loads of sand taken from a piece of land near Chicago, belonging to them, and to collect the money for each load. They _ became suspicious that the boy was defrauding them by not making honest returns, and gave the matter in charge to one Keefe, a professional detective, in the employment of the Farwells. He…