Sun-Maid Raisin Growers v. Jones

Action in conversion; plaintiff claimed to be the owner of fourteen tons of raisins grown during 1926 on land owned by one George Betel. These raisins were seized by the defendant sheriff while they were in sweat boxes on the land of Betel; defendant was acting under a writ of attachment in an action entitled Dauer v. Betel, and the raisins were seized as the property of Betel. In April, 1923, Betel had signed a contract with plaintiff’s assignor commonly known as the “raisin contract.”

The first and chief point raised by appellant is that under this instrument the title to the raisins…