Gardner v. Rich Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

FOX, J. pro tem.

Defendant appeals from a judgment in favor of plaintiff Gardner, as trustee in bankruptcy of the estate of James B. Smith, a bankrupt. Defendant also appeals from a judgment in favor of plaintiff Heffron, as trustee in bankruptcy of the estate of Betty Boyd Krug, a bankrupt. Plaintiffs’ assignors, the bankrupts, had been engaged in business as licensed highway contract carriers under the Highway Carriers’ Act (Stats. 1935, chap. 223; Deering’s Gen. Laws, Act 5129a) transporting property for compensation by motor vehicle over the public highways of the state. As such highway…