UNITED STATES v. FRIEND'S STOCKYARD, INC.

Nos. 78-1482, 78-1483.

600 F.2d 9 (1979)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. FRIEND'S STOCKYARD, INC., Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. GRANTSVILLE COMMUNITY SALE, INC., a/k/a Grantsville Livestock Auction, Inc., Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided June 6, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen M. Hearne, Baltimore, Md. (White, Mindel, Clarke & Hill, Towson, Md., on brief), for appellants.

Freddi Lipstein, App. Staff, Civ. Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C. (Barbara Allen Babcock, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D. C., Russell T. Baker, Jr., U. S. Atty., Baltimore, Md., Leonard Schaitman, App. Staff, Civ. Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., on brief), for appellee.

Before BRYAN, Senior Circuit Judge, and BUTZNER and RUSSELL, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

In two consolidated actions, the United States of America in 1975 sued each of two Maryland stockyards, Friend's Stockyard, Inc. and Grantsville Community Sale, Inc., for conversion as auctioneers of cattle of a Pennsylvania farmer, Larry W. Brant. In 1969 and 1971, he had executed Security Agreements—in effect chattel mortgages— upon the cattle to secure loans made to him by the Farmers Home Administration, pursuant to the Consolidated Farmers...

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