Gooch v. Stone
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Tennessee. Suit in equity by W. H. Stone, trustee in bankruptcy of I. C. Crow and O. W. Smith or Crow & Smith, against J. R. Gooch. Decree for complainant, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
KIELITS, District Judge.
In October, 1912, the appellant, J. R. Gooch, sold to parties in Birmingham, Ala., a general store owned by him for some time at Gravel Hill, Tenn. At that time, and for nearly two years theretofore, one of the bankrupts (Smith) had clerked for Gooch in this store at a salary from $25 to $35 per month. ' Smith continued in the employ of the purchaser of Gooch’s store until the merchandise was moved to Birmingham in the early summer of 1913. Soon thereafter Smith began business for himself at Gravel Hill, at the same time buying from Gooch 38 acres of land with a frame…
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