Jensen v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.

BAKER, District Judge.

During the year 1951 Hale Hubbard owned and operated a small elevator or warehouse in Ashton for the care of nonperishable agricultural crops such as grain and peas. He was engaged in the business of purchasing grains, but it appears probable he had not furnished bond as required by Title 22, Chapter 13, required of certain classes of dealers in farm produce. His facility was small and would not hold more than three or four days delivery of wheat during the heavy harvest season. Wheat delivered at his elevator was dumped into a pit and elevated from it into a railroad…