Miller-Piehl Equipment Co. v. Gibson Commission Co.

There is but one plaintiff and one defendant in this case. Plaintiff Miller-Piehl Equipment Company is a department or, division of plaintiff Miller-Piehl, Inc., an automobile dealer in Davenport, Iowa. This corporation was also agent for a steel company and sold and erected metal quonset buildings for storing grain. Defendant W. C. Jack deals in livestock and operates a sales barn in West Liberty; Iowa, under the name of Gibson Commission Company.

The Production and Marketing Association is a branch of the Commodity Credit Corporation under the United States Department of Agriculture. To…