Corning Bank v. Delta Rice Mills, Inc.

P. A. Hollingsworth, Justice.

In early 1983, appellee Delta Rice Mill, Inc. was unable to make payments to farmers who had sold rice to it. On April 4, 1983, appellants filed suit in Craighead Circuit Court against Delta Rice Mill seeking a judgment and return of their rice. This suit was before Judge Gerald Pearson. During the month of April, six other lawsuits were brought against Delta Rice Mill by various individual farmers. These six suits were before Judge David Burnett, a judge of the same circuit. These six lawsuits also named an additional defendant, Union Planters National Bank of…