Schoenborn v. Williams

This suit involves the ownership of moneys received by the defendants, who comprise the Livestock Commission of Montana, on account of cattle shipped to market. The plaintiff alleged that the cattle were owned by a partnership composed of himself and one Faubert; that Faubert shipped them in his own name to the Ferguson Commission Company of St. Paul, who sold them, the proceeds being sent the Livestock Commission; that the plaintiff was and is the owner of and entitled to the immediate possession of one-half of the proceeds derived from the sale and although he had frequently demanded that…