Legal Opinion
Spurr v. Travis
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided September 20, 1906No. Docket No. 64PublishedCited by 26 opinions
Error to Lapeer; Smith, J. Garnishment proceedings by Howard W. Spurr and others against Henry Swift and Frank G. Rice, as garnishees of Dayton A. Travis and May Travis. There was judgment for plaintiffs, and the garnishees bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
This case involves the question of *722the validity of the “ sales in bulk act,” so called, being Act No. 2»S of the Public Acts of 1905. The circuit judge held the act valid, and defendants have brought the case before us for review on writ of error.
The material portion of the act reads as follows:
“ The sale, transfer or assignment, in bulk, of any part or the whole of a stock of merchandise, or merchandise and the fixtures pertaining to the conducting of said business, otherwise than in the ordinary course of trade and in the regular and usual prosecution of the business of the seller,…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Wright v. . HartNew York Court of Appeals · 1905
- John P. Squire & Co. v. TellierMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1904
- McDaniels v. J. J. Connelly Shoe Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1902
- People v. BelletMichigan Supreme Court · 1894
- Walp v. MooarSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1904
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Jaques & Tinsley Co. v. Carstarphen Warehouse Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1908
- Klein v. . MaravelasNew York Court of Appeals · 1916
- Musselman Grocer Co. v. Kidd, Dater & Price Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1908
- Hirth-Krause Co. v. CohenIndiana Supreme Court · 1912
- Wheeler & Motter Merc. Co. v. MoonMontana Supreme Court · 1914
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