34-253. Warehouseman's liability for misdelivery. Where a warehouseman delivers the grain to one who is not in fact lawfully entitled to the possession of same, the warehouseman shall be liable as for conversion to all having a right of property or possession in the grain if he delivered the grain otherwise than as authorized by subdivisions (b) and (c) of the preceding section, and though he delivered the grain as authorized by said subdivisions he shall be so liable if prior to such delivery he had either been requested by or on behalf of the person lawfully entitled to a right of property or possession in the grain not to make such delivery, or had information that the delivery about to be made was one not lawfully entitled to possession of the grain.

History: L. 1931, ch. 194, § 31; July 1.