Gilman Linseed Oil Co. v. Norton
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Lyon District Court. — Hon. Scott M. Ladd, Judge. Action at law to recover the value of a quantity of flax seed alleged to have been wrongfully converted by the defendants to their own use. There was a trial by the court without a jury, and a judgment for the plaintiff. The defendants appeal. This agreement is one wherein the transfer of title or ownership of personal' property is made to depend upon a condition.
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Appeal from Lyon District Court. — Hon. Scott M. Ladd, Judge. Action at law to recover the value of a quantity of flax seed alleged to have been wrongfully converted by the defendants to their own use. There was a trial by the court without a jury, and a judgment for the plaintiff. The defendants appeal. This agreement is one wherein the transfer of title or ownership of personal' property is made to depend upon a condition. This being so, the Gilman Company can claim no rights against defendants herein, where it is conceded that they received this flax seed without any notice, actual or…
1Opinion of the Court
Eobinson, O. J.
In the year 1889 the plaintiff was engaged in business in Gilman-, in the state of Illinois, and E. M. Lamar & Co. were doing business at George, in this state. In March of that year the plaintiff entered into an agreement in writing with Lamar & Co., by which the former agreed to furnish to the latter one thousand bushels of flax seed for the purpose of having it loaned to farmers for use as seed, *440for the purpose of procuring the product of the seeding. Lamar & Co. were to loan the seed to farmers for the purpose stated only, for and in the name of the plaintiff, on terms…
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