Drumm-Standish Commission Co. v. Farmers State Bank

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hutchison, J.:

This was an action by the Drumm-Standish Commission Company, a corporation of Kansas City, Mo., against the Farmers State Bank of Neosho Falls, Kan., for conversion, in which judgment was rendered for the plaintiff, and the defendant appeals.

The petition alleged in detail a transaction with one W. Wiggins, or Walter Wiggins, of Neosho Falls, the town where the defendant bank was located, concerning the purchase of 120 head of cattle to be sold at auction by Wiggins at Downs, whereby the plaintiff company was to be paid the purchase price…