In re Watmough
District Court, N.D. Ohio
In Bankruptcy. In the matter of bankruptcy proceedings of William Watmough. On claim of the Sterling Sanitary Manufacturing Company for payment in full of a bill of goods alleged to have been purchased by the bankrupt by fraudulent representations as to,his credit.
1Opinion of the Court
DAY, District Judge.
The bankrupt, William Watmough, was doing a plumbing business in the city of Warren, Ohio. On the 9th day of December, 1912, he filed his petition in bankruptcy. On December 4, 1912, he purchased from the Sterling Sanitary Manufacturing Company, through a traveling salesman, a bill of goods for which he agreed to pay $150. On December 6th the sanitary company shipped these goods to the bankrupt’s place of business, and they were received there on December 9th. The goods were sold to Watmough, f. o. b. Pitts-burg. On the 11th day of December, a receiver was appointed to…
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