Orgill Bros. v. Gee

Appellants, as creditors of O. E. Bonner, formerly a merchant of Marks, in Quitman county, filed their bill against appellee, the purchaser from Bonner of the latter’s stock of merchandise, seeking to hold appellee liable as a. trustee to the extent of the value of the merchandise so purchased by him, for the benefit of Bonner’ creditors, upon the ground that the sale of the stock of merchandise from Bonner to appellee was made in violation of the bulk sales statute (chapter 100 of the Laws of 1908; section 31335 of Hemingway’s Code of 1927), and therefore void as to Bonner’s creditors. There…