Scott State Bank v. Tabor Grain Co.

Plaintiff sued defendant in the circuit court of Moultrie County for conversion of grain in which it held a security interest under the Uniform Commercial Code — Secured Transactions (UCC) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 26, par. 9 — 101 et seq.). The trial court entered summary judgment for the defendant and plaintiff appeals. The narrow question presented is the sufficiency of the description in a financing statement of the real estate on which the grain was produced under section 9 — 402(1) of the UCC (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 26, par. 9— 402(1)).

Guy Wallace, a farmer, was a customer of the…