Legal Opinion

Shonkweiler v. Harrington

Nebraska Supreme Court

Decided November 1, 1918No. 20021PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Appeal from the district court for Adams county: Harry S. Dtjngan, Judge.

1Opinion of the CourtSedgwick, J.

The plaintiff brought this action in the district court for Adams county against these appellants, who were the president and secretary of the Harvard Cooperative Grain & Live Stock Company, a corporation. He claimed that the corporation had received his wheat and had converted it to their own use, and were, therefore tort-feasors, and that the president and secretary, having assisted the corporation in doing so, were joint tort-feasors. '

The principal discussion is as to whether this wheat-left at the elevator of the corporation was a bailment or a sale of the wheat. The evidence is very…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Crook v. First National Bank of BarabooWisconsin Supreme Court · 1892
  2. Clarke v. RogersCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1910
  3. Standard Varnish Works v. HaydockCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1906

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Tucker v. BrownWashington Supreme Court · 1944
  2. Sunderlin v. WarnerIdaho Supreme Court · 1926
  3. Eads Hide & Wool Company v. L. B. MerrillCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1958
  4. Carey v. CyrSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1955
  5. Korns v. Thomson & McKinnonDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1938

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