Legal Opinion
United States v. Walter A. Hext, Sr., Harlingen Compress Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 25, 1971No. 29003PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILKEY, Circuit Judge:
The United States brought suit under the jurisdictional grant of 28 U.S.C. § 1345 alleging conversion of 578 bales of cotton in which it held a security interest. Named as defendants were Walter A. Hext, Sr. (Hext), the grower of the cotton, the W. A. Hext & Sons Gin Co., Inc. (the Gin Co.), a corporation wholly owned by Hext which ginned and marketed the cotton, Harlingen Compress Co. (Harlingen), a warehouse company which stored the cotton, and Marshall & Marshall (Marshall), a cotton brokerage firm through whom the cotton was marketed. A default judgment was entered…
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