Fort Worth & Denver City Railway Co. v. Hegwood

It was the contention of plaintiff that defendant’s intestate, Samuel Kestler, embezzled two sums of money of plaintiff: (1) $2,970 represented by voucher No. 18047, payable to the order of the Phoenix Brokerage Company, for fuel oil, for which plaintiff received no benefit and paid by plaintiff’s treasurer 22 April, 1924. Samuel Kestler initiated this voucher and in the absence of his superior, the general auditor, he had authority to sign same. (2) $4,080.16, represented by voucher No. 22691, payable to the order of the Phoenix *315Brokerage Company, for fuel oil which, plaintiff never received…