Yellowstone Livestock Commission v. Dupuis

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE HARRISON:

Defendant is a livestock buyer. On June 4, 1952, he was present at an auction sale conducted by the plaintiff, in its livestock commission sales yard, at Sidney, Montana. The auction sale commenced in the morning and the defendant bid upon cattle offered for sale from time to time until somewhere between 11:30 and 12:00 noon, at which time Chris Hanson, vice president of the corporation, having observed the purchases of the defendant and being concerned as to payment for the number of cattle being bid in by him spoke to defendant and asked how he was going to pay…