Central Mutual Insurance v. Employers' Liability Assurance Corp., Ltd., of London

Plaintiff brought an action on a fidelity bond issued by the defendant, claiming that A. H. Karatz, who was secretary and manager of plaintiff insurance company, had abstracted $1,823.66 of plaintiff’s money and converted it to his own use through connivance with Gertrude C. Witzleb, plaintiff’s cashier and bookkeeper. The case seems to have been tried three times; the first trial resulted in a verdict finding the issues for the defendant; a new trial was awarded; on the second trial, on motion of plaintiff, a juror was withdrawn, the cause continued, and the present trial was before the…