First State Bank v. Farmers Co-Op. Elevator Co.

This is an action for the conversion of certain grain which the plaintiff claimed under a chattel mortgage. The defendant denied the conversion and damage to the plaintiff. The case was tried to the court without a jury. Plaintiff had judgment. Defendant moved for a new trial. The motion was denied. This appeal is from the order entered accordingly and from the judgment.

In January, 1925, Martin Johnson executed a mortgage to the Union Farmers State Bank of New Salem covering his share of the crop to be raised in 1925 on the tilled portion of 400 acres of land in Oliver county. This land…