Johnson Farm Equipment Co. v. Cook

JOHNSEN, Circuit Judge.

This is a suit, under Iowa law, for a recovery in the nature of conversion.1 The appeal is by the plaintiff, from the entering of a summary judgment for the defendants.

Plaintiff, an Illinois manufacturer of farming equipment, had shipped some items, of the value of $4585, to an Iowa dealer, under an arrangement whereby title was retained by the manufacturer but release would be made by it of such items as the dealer was from time to time able to sell. Defendants were at the time general attorneys for the dealer.

In its aspect most favorable to plaintiff here, the…