Applegate v. Ohio Department of Agriculture

These cases involve the appeals of twenty-six farmers who had deposited grain with Queen City Grain, Inc. and the trustee in bankruptcy for Queen City, representing the bankrupt’s trade creditors. They appeal the decision of the Court of Claims which dismissed their actions against the Ohio Department of Agriculture, for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted. The appeals advance the identical assignment of error, as follows:

“The Court of Claims erred in sustaining Defendant’s motion to dismiss.”

Plaintiffs sustained losses due to the bankruptcy of Queen City. They brought…