Farmers State Bank v. Jeske

This is an action for the alleged conversion of a quantity of wheat. The plaintiff, holder of a chattel mortgage upon the grain, brought suit in the district court of Wells county against the defendant grain company and the mortgagors, owners of the premises on which the grain was grown. The ease was tried to a jury and resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff. A motion in the alternative was thereafter made for a new trial or for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. The defendant grain company appeals from the judgment entered upon the verdict and from the order of the trial court denying…