Trax, Inc. v. Pentagon Aero-Marine Corp.

Quillian, Chief Judge.

This is an attachment action. Plaintiff, Trax, Inc., advertised in its business literature for inquiries from persons interested in purchasing two Caterpillar D-9 tractors. The two tractors were owned by the Birmingham Trust National Bank of Birmingham, Alabama. Pentagon Aero-Marine Corporation, of Miami, Florida, a customer of Trax, received the advertisement and made inquiry of Trax through Gloria Backus — wife of Pentagon’s owner. Trax paid for air transportation to Atlanta for Backus and the potential customer of Pentagon — a South American buyer named Savalia who…