Citizens' Bank of Sikeston v. Scott Co. Mill. Co.

Action for conversion. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff and defendant has appealed.

Plaintiff is a bank doing business at Sikeston. Defendant is in the milling and warehouse business at Sikeston and other points. D. C. Collier, a farmer, was indebted to plaintiff on a demand note in the sum of $2275 and was indebted to defendant in the sum of $946-.17. Plaintiff held a .chattel mortgage on a crop of corn and some other property of Collier’s to secure its debt while defendant had no security for its debt. When the corn was gathered, Collier stored it with defendant and received warehouse…