Shilling v. Campbell

HOFFMAN, JUSTICE.

Plaintiff, George Shilling, filed suit against defendant M. D. Campbell, doing business as Campbell Grain and Seed Company, to recover for the purchase price of soybeans which he claimed he had sold the defendant and for damages to the bins in which the soybeans were stored. After the alleged sale, the beans were completely destroyed by flood waters that reached the bins on plaintiff’s premises where the beans were stored. In his suit, plaintiff claimed $6,450 as the price of the beans and $2,500 for damage to the bins. The Court, sitting without a jury, awarded plaintiff…