Northwestern Grain Co. v. Kerr Gifford Warehouse Co.

Citations

• 76 Wash. 689
• 136 P. 1154
• 1913 Wash. LEXIS 1876

Syllabus

<p>Liens — Farm Labor — Crops—Notice—Description op Property. Under tbe statute requiring a notice of lien on farm crops to contain a description of the property to be charged, sufficient for identification, lien claims upon a crop of wheat are insufficient, where the only description of the subject-matter was the legal description of the land and a “certain crop” grown thereon.</p> <p>Warehousemen — Liability — Trover and Conversion. A warehouseman who refused to deliver wheat stored or to return the warehouse receipts, upon demand, after notice of satisfaction of all valid liens for labor, is guilty of a conversion and liable for the value of the wheat.</p>