Interstate National Bank v. McCormick

Plaintiff brought this action to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by reason of defendant’s wrongful and unlawful interference with and conversion of certain hay which belonged to it. The facts of the case necessary for a determination of the question involved in this appeal are as follows:

On May 5, 1920, the defendant, W. EL McCormick, ordered from the Gateway Hay Company of Kansas City, Missouri, fifteen carloads of hay to be shipped to him at Billings, Montana, at the agreed price of $31 per ton for ten carloads, and $30 per ton for five carloads, all f. o. b. Billings.…