United States v. Cassidy Commission Co.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

DAUGHERTY, District Judge.

In this case the United States of America, as plaintiff sues the defendant Cas*1020sidy Commission Company in wrongful conversion alleging that the defendant sold five cows for Edward F. Ferguson who had mortgaged the same to the plaintiff previous to the sales of the five cows by the defendant and which mortgage was duly recorded and constituted constructive notice to the defendant at the time of all of such sales. The defendant is a Livestock Commission house and in the business of auctioning cattle presented at its yard for sale. This Court has…