Market State Bank v. Farmers Savings Bank
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Cerro Gordo District Court. — M. F. Edwards, Judge. Action for damages for conversion of bill of lading of a carload of potatoes. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals. Facts in opinion. —
1Opinion of the CourtArthur, J.
— There is little or no conflict in the evidence constituting the facts of the history of the case. The suit was brought by plaintiff, a Minneapolis bank, against defendant, a bank of Meservey, Iowa, for damages because of its conversion of a bill of lading of a carload of potatoes, and its failure to follow *1113expressly written directions in tbe collection of a sight draft to which the bill of lading was attached.
About November 10, 1916, Rutherford-Brede Company shipped, via Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad, a carload of potatoes to Ventura, Iowa, consigned to themselves, by a bill of…
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- First Nat. Bank of Cincinnati v. FelkerDistrict Court, W.D. Arkansas · 1911
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