Midwest Livestock Commission Co. v. Griswold

OPINION

By the Court,

Thompson, J.:

Pursuant to NRS 576.040, Rila Co., Inc., to whom the state department of agriculture had issued a license to act as a dealer, broker or commission merchant of livestock, filed with that department a $5,000 surety bond of The Travelers Indemnity Company. The respondent Griswold, a producer of livestock, and the appellants Midwest Livestock Commission Co. and Elko Livestock Sales Co., Inc., licensed public auction houses, each delivered livestock worth more than $5,000 to Rila Co., Inc., but were not paid the amounts due them by Rila Co., Inc. The Travelers…