Ellwood v. Mid States Commodities, Inc.

McGIVERIN, Justice.

This appeal involves a complex series of unauthorized commodity futures trading transactions and the consequences of those transactions. Plaintiff Richard Ellwood appeals from denial of recovery on his petition for damages for the unauthorized trading and from the trial court’s assessment of damages for related check forgeries by defendant Richard Rosenquist. Defendant Mid States Commodities, Inc., a commodity futures broker, appeals from an adverse judgment on its counterclaim for a deficit balance in plaintiffs margin account. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and…