Crouch v. Mountain States Mixed Feed Co.

We will refer to the parties by name or as they ap7 peared in the trial court where Crouch and Ford were defendants and Mountain States Mixed Feed Company was plaintiff. Crouch and Ford filed counterclaims against the feed company and Herschel Katchen who was an officer thereof.

Plaintiff filed its complaint against Crouch, an independent trucker and grain dealer, and Ford, an employee of plaintiff, setting forth two claims against said defendants, the first of which alleged a conspiracy between Crouch and Ford to defraud plaintiff in the quantity of grains delivered to it by Crouch, by means…