Pacific Fruit & Produce Co. v. Fruit Production Co.

This is an action in conversion, brought to recover the value of a crop of fruit grown on certain land in Chelan county in the year 1933. The land was at all times in the possession of Bichard Stanfield and Edgar Dodge, who harvested the crop and sold it to the defendant.

Plaintiff’s claim is predicated on a chattel mortgage, executed May 17, 1933, by Boy W. Harrison, who, as agent and trustee for plaintiff herein, acquired title to the property from Lake Chelan Beclamation District under a deed dated May 23, 1933. Neither Harrison nor Lake Chelan Beclamation District nor plaintiff were in…