Peoples Bank & Trust Co. v. Douglas

Appellant in this case had been for many years an employee of the respondent. This action is brought by respondent to recover $21,000 which it was claimed the appellant, by virtue of his employment, secured, abstracted, and appropriated to his own use. It was claimed that the method by which the appellant effected his misappropriation was by maintaining savings accounts in the Dexter Horton National Bank in the city of Seattle; that appellant would deposit a check with the Dexter Horton National Bank drawn upon the respondent bank where he was employed. That he would then, by virtue of his…