First National Bank v. Mount Pleasant Milling Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Henry District Court. — Hon. T. M. Fee, Judge. Action at law for the conversion of two cars of wheat. The defendants claimed the property under a writ of attachment issued in an action wherein the Milling Company was plaintiff and the Moffatt & Lee Commission Company was defendant, and alleged that plaintiff was not the owner thereof, but that it belonged to the Commission Company. The trial court directed a verdict for the defendants, and plaintiff' appeals.—
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
The appellant will be designated as the “Bank,” the appellee as the “Milling Company,” and the Moffatt & Lee Commission Company as the “Commission Company.” January 3,1895, the Commission Company, having contracted to sell and deliver two cars of No. 2 wheat-to the Derby Roller Mills, of Burlington, Iowa, drew its draft on the Roller Mills for the net proceeds, in favor of plaintiff; delivered the bill of lading for the wheat, indorsed in blank, with weigh-master’s certificates attached, to the plaintiff; and at the same time received credit on the books of the Bank for the amount of the…
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