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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS


DAN DE FARMS, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v STERLING FARM SUPPLY, INC., DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE and MICHIGAN MILLERS MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendants-Appellees.

FOR PUBLICATION January 12, 2001 9:00 a.m. No. 217413 Arenac Circuit Court LC No. 98-006139-CZ

Updated Copy March 16, 2001

Before: Gage, P.J., and Gribbs and Sawyer, JJ. SAWYER, J. Plaintiff appeals as of right from an order of the circuit court granting summary disposition to defendants on plaintiff 's action to recover under a bond obtained by a grain dealer pursuant to the Grain Dealers Act, MCL 285.61 et seq.; MSA 12.119(1) et seq. We affirm. Plaintiff is a Michigan farm corporation operating in Unionville. Sterling Farm Supply, Inc., was a licensed grain dealer operating from at least 1981 to 1997. Between 1991 and 1995, plaintiff sold over $330,000 worth of beans to Sterling for which plaintiff was not paid. Plaintiff sued, seeking to recover $250,000 from a $50,000 bond acquired by Sterling and issued by Michigan Millers Mutual Insurance Company pursuant to

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