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NORTH DAKOTA EX REL. STOESER v. BRASS.
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storage capacity on his farm or elsewhere for said grain so raised as aforesaid, but is dependent almost wholly upon the grain elevators and warehouses in the vicinity of said farm for storage capacity. (3) That fully fifty per cent. of the grain raised in said Ramsey county, North Dakota, is dependent for storage capacity upon the grain elevators and warehouses at the various towns, villages, and railroad stations in said Ramsey county. (4) That the respondent, Norman Brass, is now and at all the times herein stated has owned and operated a grain elevator at the station of Grand Harbor, aforesaid, for the purpose of buying, selling, storing, and shipping grain for profit. (5) That the relator on the 30th day of September, 1891, hauled fifty-eight bushels of wheat to the grain elevator of respondent, Norman Brass, at Grand Harbor, aforesaid, and tendered the same at said elevator of said Norman Brass for storage, and requested said Norman Brass to receive, elevate, insure, and store said grain for twenty days, and at the time tendered to said Brass two cents per bushel for compensation for receiving, elevating, insuring and storing said grain for twenty days; that said grain, when so tendered as aforesaid, was dry, and in a suitable condition for storage, and there was in said grain elevator of said Brass at Grand Harbor aforesaid at said time storage capacity for over 25,000 bushels of grain, not in use and wholly unoccupied. (6) That said Brass then and there refused to receive said grain for the purpose aforesaid, and wholly refused to store said grain at said price. (7) That the relator endeavored to secure storage for said grain at the only other elevator in operation at said railroad station of Grand Harbor aforesaid, but said elevator refused to receive relator’s grain upon the same ground as respondent. (8) That the relator is informed and believes that the owners of grain elevators and warehouses within a radius of fifty miles of Grand Harbor, aforesaid, refuse to receive grain for storage at said price. Now, therefore, this court, in order that justice may be done in this behalf to him, Louis W. Stoeser, relator, does hereby command and enjoin you that immediately upon receipt of this writ you do receive from relator, while your storage capacity at your elevator herein mentioned is sufficient for that purpose, all grain that may be ten-