Sprague Canning Machinery Co. v. Fuller

McCORMICK, Circuit Judge.

The respondent represents the Cull-man Fruit & Produce Association, a private corporation, adjudged bankrupt. The bankrupt is an Alabama corporation, its plant and place of business being at Cullman in that state. Among other general purposes of the corporation, its business was to purchase, ship, and sell fruits and produce. E. A. Fealy was general manager of the association, and, as such manager, authorized and required to attend to all the business of the association. The proof shows that he claimed to have, under the by-laws, power to carry on all kinds of…