Charles Arnold and Chicken-Eggs, Inc. v. Cleo P. King, Trustee in Bankruptcy of James C. Bookey, Sr., Bankrupt

LEMMON, Circuit Judge.

Even in America, the Horatio Alger catapulting of trucker to tycoon is open to suspicion — especially when Horatio Alger heads an organization apparently used as a dummy to conceal a bankrupt’s assets.

And when we find a violation of the Bulk Sales Act, RCW 63.08.010 et seq., and an attempt to assert a colorable adverse claim in order to divest the Referee of summary jurisdiction, suspicion becomes almost a certainty.

1. Statement of the Case.

This is a companion appeal to Bookey v. King, No. 14943, 9 Cir., 236 F.2d 871. Much of the Statement of the Case set forth in our…