Sexton v. Graham
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Seott Owemb Oowrt, Action in' equity to determine the respective rights os plaintiffs and others as warehouse receipt holders in a cominon mass of grain. The defendant J ames R. Graham was for many years a dealer in grain at Davenport, Iowa. lie received grain belonging to other parties on storage, and bought and sold on his own account, and in the course of his business he issued from time to time a large number of warehouse receipts.
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Appeal from Seott Owemb Oowrt, Action in' equity to determine the respective rights os plaintiffs and others as warehouse receipt holders in a cominon mass of grain. The defendant J ames R. Graham was for many years a dealer in grain at Davenport, Iowa. lie received grain belonging to other parties on storage, and bought and sold on his own account, and in the course of his business he issued from time to time a large number of warehouse receipts. He transacted his business at a building called Bazar Block, in which there was an elevator which was •used for the purpose of receiving' grain,…
1Opinion of the Court
Adams, Ch. J.
The defendants Chandler, Brown & Co., Isaac M. Hill and "W. IT. Hubbard, who were, by the court below, denied any participation in the proceeds of the grain, do not complain of the decree. They are, 'therefore, practically out of the case, and their rights need not be considered.
The plaintiffs, Sexton & Abbott, and the defendants Baker and Sears & Sons have, as their counsel expresses it, waived *187minor differences-among themselves and made common cause against tliéir common enemy.
We will proceed, in tlie first place, to determine the right? of Sexton & Abbott as against the.…
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