ALLEN C. DRIVER, INC. v. MILLS

[No. 107, October Term, 1951.]

199 Md. 420 (1952)

86 A.2d 724

ALLEN C. DRIVER, INC. ET AL. v. MILLS

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided March 7, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Whitney Shirley, Jr., for Allen C. Driver, Inc., appellant.

William D. Macmillan and William A. Fisher, Jr., with whom were Semmes, Bowen & Semmes, on the brief, for Corkran, Hill & Co., Inc., appellee.

C. Edward Hartman II, with whom were Fell & Hartman and James C. Mitchell, on the brief, for Walter H. Mills, appellee.

The cause was argued before MARBURY, C.J., and DELAPLAINE, COLLINS and MARKELL, JJ.


DELAPLAINE, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

This action was brought in the Superior Court of Baltimore City by Walter H. Mills, a resident of Charles County, to recover damages for the conversion of five head of his cattle. The question in the case is whether the Federal Packers and Stockyards Act, 7 U.S.C.A. secs. 181-231, which makes it the duty of every stockyard owner and market agency to furnish upon reasonable request, without discrimination, reasonable...

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