Holbrook v. Industrial Tractor & Equipment Co.

The question here is as to the right of a foreign receiver to sue in the courts of this state on a contract between the receiver and his customer.

The plaintiff, appellant, had been appointed receiver for the W. A. Riddell Company, an Ohio corporation, by a court of that state, and, as such receiver, from May 11th, 1933, to October 17th, 1933, sold several bills of merchandise, consisting of tractor machinery, appliances, and equipment, to the Industrial Tractor & Equipment Company, Inc., appellee. The total purchases from the receiver amounted to $737.29, credits $135.35, leaving a balance of…