Samson Tire & Rubber Co. v. Eggleston

HOLMES, District Judge.

The appellant, Samson Tire & Rubber -Company, filed its petition in the court below to reclaim from the trustee in bankruptcy a number of automobile tires and tubes in the possession of the O. J. Umphrey Oil Company at the time the latter was adjudicated a bankrupt. The petition was first heard and denied by the referee, whose order was later reviewed and upheld by. the District Judge. ‘

The claimant, who was a manufacturer of automobile tires and tubes, entered into a written contract with the bankrupt, who was a dealer in such merchandise in the city of Birmingham, for…