Legal Opinion
United States v. Sommerville
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided December 18, 1962No. Civ. A. 61-96PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARSH, District Judge.
This is an action brought by the plaintiff against the defendant-auctioneer on a theory of conversion to recover the value of three cows sold by the defendant.
After non-jury trial, the court makes the following:
FINDINGS OF FACT
1. Plaintiff is the United States of America suing on behalf of the Farmers Home Administration of the Department of Agriculture.
2. The defendant, Sandy Sommer-ville, is a licensed auctioneer of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and since 1946 has owned and operated the New Wilmington Livestock Auction in Mercer County, Pennsylvania.
3. On Monday of…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- First National Bank of Blairstown v. GoldbergSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1940
- United States v. Henry W. Matthews and Nettie Matthews, Doing Business Under the Firm Name and Style of Yuba Livestock Auction CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1957
- United States v. E. H. Kramel and Orr Crum, Individually, and Bowles Livestock Commission CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1956
- United States v. Union Livestock Sales Company, Inc., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1962
- Lindsley v. First National BankSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1937
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Clovis National Bank v. ThomasNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1967
- National Shawmut Bank of Boston v. VeraMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
- Commercial Bank at Alma v. HalesSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1984
- Nissley v. JLG Industries, Inc.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
- United States v. Chesley's Sales, Inc.District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1981
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