Green Valley Seed, Inc. v. Plenge

MARY R. RUSSELL, Judge.

Diana Bickford (“Landowner”) and her hired hand, Hugh Plenge (“Fanner”), deposited 4,603 bushels of transitional soybeans at Green Valley Seed, Inc. (“Granary”), for cleaning, bagging, and storage until such time as the beans were to be shipped to a buyer. Sometime thereafter, the Granary became aware of competing claims of ownership by Landowner and Farmer as to the beans. The Granary filed an action in interpleader naming Landowner and Farmer, among others, as defendants. Landowner filed a counterclaim against the Granary, claiming its previous failure to release the…