Valier & Spiers Milling Co. v. Foote
District Court, S.D. Mississippi
In Bankruptcy. Petition by the Valier & Spiers Milling Company against George M., Foóté, trustee of J. F. Howard & Co., bankrupts.
1Opinion of the Court
HOLMES, District Judge.
The firm of J. F. Howard & Co., prior to the filing of a voluntary petition in bankruptcy, was engaged in the wholesale grocery business in the city of Gulfport, and at the time the company was adjudicated a bankrupt it had on hand a certain lot of flour stored with other articles of merchandise in its place of business, which flour was manufactured by the petitioner, Valier & Spiers Milling Company. The trustee in bankruptcy took charge of the flour, together with other merchandise and personal property of the bankrupt, and sold, the same at a public sale held under an…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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