Kearney Milling & Elevator Co. v. Union Pacific Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Pottawatamie District Court. — Hon. A. B. Thornell, Judge. Action at law to recover the possession of certain car loads of grain. The Citizens’ State Bank intervened in each case, and claimed to he the owner of the grain. By agreement of the parties the two actions were tried together, as one.
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Appeal from Pottawatamie District Court. — Hon. A. B. Thornell, Judge. Action at law to recover the possession of certain car loads of grain. The Citizens’ State Bank intervened in each case, and claimed to he the owner of the grain. By agreement of the parties the two actions were tried together, as one. After the evidence had been submitted, a motion for a verdict for the intervener in each case was sustained, and verdicts were returned, and judgments rendered in accordance with, that ruling. The plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
1 In November, 1891, the Brown Bros. Grain Company, a corporation, was engaged in the business of buying and shipping grain, and had its principal places of business at Council Bluffs and Omaha. About the twelfth day of that month, the plaintiffs sold to the company several car loads of wheat and rye. The grain so sold was delivered to the Union Pacific Railway Company, at stations in Nebraska, to be transported to Council Bluffs, and there delivered to the purchaser. Bills of lading, in which the grain company was named as consignee, were issued by the railway company, and delivered to the…
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