Birmingham v. Rice Bros.

Tbe facts in this case are not in dispute. Appellant Birmingham, a livestock dealer at the stockyards in Sioux City, Iowa, owned fifteen cattle. June 6, 1945, a stranger, falsely and fraudulently representing himself to be John Brain-man, of Dell Rapids, South Dakota, wrongfully and fraudulently obtained said cattle from appellant by making in said name and issuing to appellant a false and worthless check for the purchase price thereof. Pretended Brainman told appellant he proposed to feed the cattle on his farm at Dell Rapids. However, pretended Brainman engaged a trucker to transport and…