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UNITED STATES v. CARSON

No. 16801.

372 F.2d 429 (1967)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Charles E. CARSON, being the same person as Charles Edward Carson, and W. R. Ellis, d/b/a Ellis Livestock Commission Company, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

February 8, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan S. Rosenthal, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appellant, John W. Douglas, Asst. Atty. Gen., Robert J. Vollen, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Thomas L. Robinson, U. S. Atty., Memphis, Tenn., on the brief.

Arthur J. Shea, Jr., Memphis, Tenn., for appellees.

Before McCREE, Circuit Judge, McALLISTER, Senior Circuit Judge, and WEINMAN, District Judge.

McCREE, Circuit Judge.

We consider herein an appeal by the United States from a verdict in its favor against defendant Ellis in an action for conversion.

Upon obtaining an operating loan under the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, 7 U.S.C. § 1941 et seq., defendant Carson executed a promissory note payable to the United States in the amount of $18,000.00. This note was secured by a mortgage evidenced by a duly recorded "Mississippi Chattel Deed of Trust...

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