Legal Opinion
United States v. Sandy Sommerville, Trading and Doing Business Under the Name and Style, New Wilmington Livestock Auction
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided January 8, 1964No. 14325PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BIGGS, Chief Judge.
This case sounds in tort and has been labeled a suit for conversion; i. e., an action for the wrongful taking of an interest in property. The United States, acting on behalf of Farmers Home Administration (FHA), is the plaintiff. The defendant is an auctioneer licensed under the laws of Pennsylvania and doing business in that Commonwealth. He was cast in the litigation and appeals. The relevant facts follow.
During the period March 1954 to March 1958, FHA made loans from time to time to Flickinger, a farmer of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. As security for these loans…
2Cases cited34 opinions
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3Cited by46 opinions
- United States v. Anthony J. Pisani, M.D.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1981
- Clovis National Bank v. ThomasNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1967
- United States v. Walter A. Hext, Sr., Harlingen Compress CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- United States v. Charles E. Carson, Being the Same Person as Charles Edward Carson, and W. R. Ellis, D/B/A Ellis Livestock Commission CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1967
- United States v. Topeka Livestock Auction, Inc.District Court, N.D. Indiana · 1975
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