Thompson v. Thompson
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Dakota county to recover the amount of loss arising from destruction by fire of 15,642 bushels of wheat stored in defendant’s elevator. The case was tried before Crosby, J., who found in favor óf defendant; and from a judgment entered pursuant to the findings, plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtOanty, J.
Smith & Thompson were operating a public elevator for the storage of grain at Appleton, Minnesota, for some time prior to the death of Smith, in June, 1894. After his death, Thompson, this defendant, operated the elevator until it and its contents were destroyed by fire, on June 30,1896. At the time of the fire there were stored in the elevator 19,034 bushels of No. 1 wheat, all intermingled in a common mass. At that time plaintiff had in store in the elevator 4,125 bushels of this wheat, for which he held storage receipts. Other persons held storage receipts for other portions of the wheat,…
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