State Ex Rel. Harding v. Hoover Grain Co.

Tbe Board of Bailroad Commissioners commenced this action on belialf of numerous persons wbo “deposited and delivered wheat for storage with Isaac Hegge, doing business as tbe Hegge Grain Elevator, and received therefor from time to time negotiable storage receipts issued by said Isaac Hegge.” In tbe complaint it sets forth seven causes of action based upon tbe theory that tbe grain represented by the said storage receipts was converted by tbe defendant herein. Thus tbe board asks judgment against the defendant for $9,745.81 with interest.

Tbe defendant entered a general denial and tbe case…