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UNITED STATES v. WEEMS

No. 81-3555. Summary Calendar.

680 F.2d 26 (1982)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Charles R. WEEMS and Tresa C. Weems, Defendants, and Brown-Ellington Cotton Company, Inc., Downes Cotton Company, Inc., and Martin A. Hebert, d/b/a Warsaw Elevator, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 16, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. H. Perkins, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Shreveport, La., Anthony J. Steinmeyer, John S. Koppel, Appellate Staff, Civ. Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff-appellant.

Lancaster, Baxter & Seale, John T. Seale, Tallulah, La., Thompson, Sparks, Cudd & Dean, Robert C. Cudd, III, Monroe, La., for Martin A. Hebert.

Before GEE, GARZA and TATE, Circuit Judges.

GARZA, Circuit Judge:

The United States appeals the district court's decision below holding that crop dealers who purchased crops and negotiable warehouse receipts subject to duly recorded crop pledges in favor of the Farmers Home Administration were not liable for conversion. For the reasons stated below, we reverse and remand.

In 1976 and 1977, Charles R. and Tresa C. Weems of Winnsboro, Louisiana, executed three promissory notes secured by chattel mortgages...

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