Ensminger v. Burton

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• auctioneers who sold cattle and turned the proceeds over to the debtor were nonetheless liable to the secured party in conversion
• the common law rule impaired the convenience of commercial transactions and also transformed the market agent into a guarantor of the debts of the farmer
• \[R]elease [is an] affirmative defense[] and the risk of non-persuasion rests upon the defendant to prove the terms of agreement as well as its execution.\

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