Moore Dry Goods Co. v. Rowe
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of, first district, Tallahatchie county. Hon. Samuel O. Cook, Judge. The dry goods company, appellant, was plaintiff in the court below; Howe and another, were defendants there, and one Jones claimed the property seized under the attachment writ sued out by the plaintiff against the defendants'. From a judgment against the plaintiff in favor of the claimant, the plaintiff appealed to the supreme court.
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From the circuit court of, first district, Tallahatchie county. Hon. Samuel O. Cook, Judge. The dry goods company, appellant, was plaintiff in the court below; Howe and another, were defendants there, and one Jones claimed the property seized under the attachment writ sued out by the plaintiff against the defendants'. From a judgment against the plaintiff in favor of the claimant, the plaintiff appealed to the supreme court. The facts as stated by Anderson, J., were as follows: Moore Dry Goods Company, the appellant, sued out an attachment against the appellees Howe & Carithers, and had the…
1Opinion of the Court
Anderson,- L,
after stating the facts as above, delivered the-opinion of the court.
This case involves the constitutionality and construction of the “bulk sales law,” being chapter 100, p. 90, acts of the legislature-of 1908, which is as follows:
“An act for the prevention of frauds in the sale of stocks of merchandise in bulk, and to provide for the transfer of insurance policies upon stocks of merchandise.
“Section 1. To Prevent Fraudulent Sales of Merchandise — • *782What Presumed to he Fraud. Be it enacted by the legislature of the state of Mississippi, that a sale of any portion of a stock -of…
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