Barker-Chadsey Co. v. W. C. Fuller Co.

The defendant W.C. Fuller Co., Inc. (Fuller), a Massachusetts corporation engaged in the retail hardware business in the town of Mansfield, had for some years purchased merchandise at wholesale from the plaintiff Barker-Chadsey Company (Barker), a Rhode Island corporation. Claire Quintín and Girard Quintín (added as defendants, as will appear) were the sole officers, directors, and shareholders of Fuller and conducted the business. On May 9, 1975, Fuller owed Barker $37,721 ($25,817 principal, $11,904 interest) for goods bought. On that date Fuller, by Claire Quintín, as treasurer, executed a…