Slaughter v. Cooper Corp., No. 2

This is an action to recover under the Bulk Sales Statute (Code, section 7283 et seq.). Plaintiff below, the Cooper Corporation, here the defendant in error, is a creditor of the Rubber Products Company, a concern formerly engaged in the tire and battery business in Bristol, Tenn., and owned by two partners by the name of Tousley. Plaintiff in error, Arthur P. Slaughter, purchased a quantity of tires and batteries from the Rubber Products Company in the spring of 1935 which the circuit judge held were purchases in bulk made without compliance with the statute. A recovery in the amount of…