North Central Kansas Production Credit Ass'n v. Washington Sales Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Miller, J.:

This is an appeal by the defendant, Washington Sales Company, Inc. (Washington), and the surety on its bond, Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company, from a directed verdict granted in favor of the plaintiff, North Central Kansas Production Credit Association (PCA), in an action for conversion brought by PCA to enforce its perfected security interest in cattle sold by the debtor, Denneth Uffman, through Washington’s livestock auction sales barn. The principal question presented here is whether PCA authorized these sales of cattle by the…