United States v. United Marketing Ass'n

HANSON, District Judge.

The action here is one for conversion of grain. The plaintiff contends that the defendants purchased from a warehouseman converted corn. The Complaint in substance states that from January 1, 1950 to September 30, 1952, defendants converted 151,514.35 bushels of plaintiff’s corn by purchasing it from Burt Grain Company which held it in storage. The answer of the defendants as amended denies this and claims protection under Title 15, United States Code, Section 714p.

After the institution of the action and long prior to this submission and on July 25, 1960, the District…