Legal Opinion

In Re Waynesboro Motor Co.

District Court, S.D. Mississippi

Decided August 16, 1932No. 1305PublishedCited by 38 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HOLMES, District Judge.

The Otts Finance Company, Inc., seeks to reclaim sixteen used automobiles found in the place of business of the bankrupt at the time the petition in bankruptcy was filed. The trustee claims title to the cars under section 3352 of the Mississippi Code of 1930, known as the sign statute, which, so far as applicable, provides in substance that, if a person shall transact business as a trader in his own name, and fail to disclose the name of his principal or partner by a sign in letters easy to be read, all the property or stock “used or acquired in such business shall, as…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Samson Tire & Rubber Co. v. EgglestonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1930
  2. Gumbel v. KoonMississippi Supreme Court · 1881
  3. Quin v. MylesMississippi Supreme Court · 1882
  4. Merchants' & Farmers' Bank v. SchaafMississippi Supreme Court · 1914
  5. Rome Mfg. Co. v. BaileyDistrict Court, S.D. Mississippi · 1931

3Cited by38 opinions

  1. Pereira v. Checkmate Communications Co. (In Re Checkmate Stereo & Electronics, Ltd.)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. New York · 1981
  2. Pirrone v. Toboroff (In Re Vaniman International, Inc.)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. New York · 1982
  3. In re KravitzCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1960
  4. In Re Mill Concepts Corp.United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · 1991
  5. McKay v. Trusco Finance Co., of Montgomery, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1952

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