CROWN v. KLEIN BROS.

No. 19044.

829 P.2d 532 (1991)

121 Idaho 942

Wayne CROWN, Clark Bean and Steve Bean, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. KLEIN BROS., Defendant-Respondent, and Hawkins Co., Ltd., an Idaho corporation, and the Department of Agriculture of the State of Idaho, and Gerry Hawkins, Robert Blass and William Nungester, as director of Hawkins Co., Ltd., & John Does 1-10, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of Idaho.

Rehearing Denied February 28, 1992.

Petition for Review Denied May 21, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lloyd J. Walker, Twin Falls, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Cosho, Humphrey, Greener & Welsh, Boise, for defendant-respondent. Joseph M. Meier, argued.


SILAK, Judge.

In this class action the parties dispute the ownership of bean proceeds. Appellants, a group of bean growers (the Growers), stored the beans in question in a commodities warehouse owned and operated by Hawkins Co. Ltd. (Hawkins). Respondents, Klein Bros. Ltd. (Klein), purchased the beans from Hawkins and sold and shipped the beans to subsequent buyers. Hawkins subsequently filed a Chapter 11 petition in bankruptcy. In district court, the Growers claimed...

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