Fecheimer-Keifer Co. v. Burton
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM PUTNAM. Appeal from Chancery Circuit Court of Putnam County, to the Court of Civil Appeals and by certiorari from the Court of Civil Appeals to the Supreme Court. — A. H. Robeets, Chancellor.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Williams
The bill was filed by complainants, wholesale merchants, to hold liable defendants Cooper & Brown as the purchasers of a stock of goods from defendant Burton, a retail merchant, in violation of the Bulk Sales Act (Acts 1901, ch. 133).
*684The value of the stock sold in bulk, without compliance with the statute’s provisions, was $924.85, and that sum was paid in notes by the vendees, Cooper & Brown. Both parties were without intent to defraud, and fraud in fact is thus negatived.
Two of the three notes of Cooper & Brown were turned over to a brother of the vendor, on the day of sale, and on…
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- Kohn v. FishbachWashington Supreme Court · 1904
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