Farmers' Union Co-Operative Gin Co. v. Fairbanks, Morse & Co.

Fairbanks, Morse & Company brought an action in the district court of Pontotoc county against the Farmers’ Cooperative Gin Company for the recovery of damages for the wrongful detention and the usable value of personal property.

The facts as disclosed by the record are that the gin company purchased a Fairbanks-Morse diesel oil engine through the Murry Company of Dallas, Tex., executing a series of notes for the purchase price of the same. The gin company defaulted in the payment of some of the notes and the Murry Company sold the engine at chattel mortgage sale to Fairbanks, Morse & Company…