UNITED STATES v. HEXT

Civ. A. No. 65-B-75.

298 F.Supp. 226 (1969)

UNITED STATES of America v. Walter A. HEXT, Sr., W. A. Hext & Sons Gin Company, Inc., Marshall & Marshall, a corporation, and Harlingen Compress Company.

United States District Court S. D. Texas, Brownsville Division.

April 7, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony J. P. Farris, U. S. Atty., and Frank C. Cooksey, Asst. U. S. Atty., Houston, Tex., for plaintiff.

Carter, Stiernberg, Skaggs & Koppel (Rollins M. Koppel), Harlingen, Tex., for defendant Marshall & Marshall.

Bonner & Ball (Nile E. Ball), Harlingen, Tex., for third-party defendant Harlingen Compress Co.


MEMORANDUM

GARZA, District Judge.

This suit is one based on conversion and statutory violation. It concerns the activities of three parties and their dealings with some 578 bales of cotton upon which the United States had a valid crop chattel mortgage lien.

The Court has been given jurisdiction over this matter pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1345, and this jurisdiction has not been challenged in any way.

The Defendants are citizens of, and...

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