Carleton & Hovey Co. Et Al. v. Burns

LUMMUS, Justice. The defendant was employed by the plaintiff corporation as bookkeeper from July 1, 1907, until March, 1915, when he became its treasurer and continued to be such until he was discharged on April 1, 1922. On November 24, 1919, having wrongfully withdrawn large sums from the plaintiff corporation, the defendant gave it a deed of real estate in South Boston, absolute in form but really as security for the repayment of said sums.