WATSON v. BUTTON

No. 14973.

235 F.2d 235 (1956)

Clarence V. WATSON, Appellant, v. Woodrow C. BUTTON, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

June 22, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley J. Mitchell, Harry A. Harris, Oregon City, Or., for appellant.

Crawford & Willner, Don S. Willner, William J. Crawford, Portland, Or., for appellee.

Before DENMAN, Chief Judge, and POPE and CHAMBERS, Circuit Judges.


DENMAN, Chief Judge.

Watson appeals from a judgment of the District Court for the District of Oregon awarding appellee recovery of $13,945.98 of corporate funds misappropriated by appellant, the former general manager of Highway Freight, Inc. Jurisdiction was based on diversity of citizenship and the substantive law of Oregon governs.

The appellant embezzler contends (A) that the cause of action belonged to the corporation and not to appellee, and therefore...

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