American Railway Express Co. v. Reeves

On the 2d, 13th and 23d of February, 1920, J. I. Kratzmeyer delivered to the American Railway Express Company, hereafter called Express Company, three separate lots of furs for shipment from points in Arkansas to St. Louis, Missouri. On January 15, 1921, an action was instituted in the circuit court styled “J. R. Reeves, trustee of the estate of J. I. Kratzmeyer, bankrupt, plaintiff, against the Express Company, defendant.” The complaint alleged that Kratzmeyer, oir May 8, 1920, had filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy, and that J. R. Reeves had been appointed trustee by the creditors of…