Legal Opinion

Cassidy Commission Company v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided November 8, 1967No. 9511PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORIE L. PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge.

The United States brought this action against Cassidy Commission Company to recover the value of five cows which Cassidy received for sale from and sold for Edward F. Ferguson. From a judgment for the United States, Cassidy has appealed.

The basic facts are not in dispute. Only the inferences drawn therefrom by the trial court are challenged by Cassidy.

Cassidy is a livestock commission house engaged in the business of selling at auction livestock delivered to it for sale on a commission and yardage charge basis.

On October 9, 1962, Ferguson and Irma Lee Ferguson,…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Commissioner v. DubersteinSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  2. Clearfield Trust Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  3. United States v. Sandy Sommerville, Trading and Doing Business Under the Name and Style, New Wilmington Livestock AuctionCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1964
  4. United States v. Henry W. Matthews and Nettie Matthews, Doing Business Under the Firm Name and Style of Yuba Livestock Auction CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1957
  5. United States v. Charles E. Carson, Being the Same Person as Charles Edward Carson, and W. R. Ellis, D/B/A Ellis Livestock Commission CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1967

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3Cited by35 opinions

  1. United States v. One 1973 Buick Riviera Automobile, Vin 4y87u3h548756, James T. LoganCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1977
  2. Mitchell v. Shepherd Mall State BankCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1972
  3. United States v. Walter A. Hext, Sr., Harlingen Compress CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
  4. S.E.R., Jobs for Progress, Inc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1985
  5. United States v. Topeka Livestock Auction, Inc.District Court, N.D. Indiana · 1975

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