Poole Furniture Manufacturing Co. v. State Department of Industrial Relations

BEATTY, Justice.

This is an appeal by plaintiffs, Poole Furniture Manufacturing Company, Inc., and Ben Poole (hereinafter both shall be referred to as “Poole”), from a judgment for the defendant, State of Alabama Department of Industrial Relations, in Poole’s action under Code of 1975, § 25-4-54(h), challenging the employer’s contribution rate applied to Poole by the defendant. We affirm.

The cause grew out of the purchase by Poole of the assets of a bankrupt company, Ajax Industries. Ajax was a furniture manufacturer. Following the purchase, Poole continued furniture-making operations in the…