ARNOLD v. KING

No. 14944.

236 F.2d 877 (1956)

Charles ARNOLD and Chicken-Eggs, Inc., Appellants, v. Cleo P. KING, Trustee in Bankruptcy of James C. Bookey, Sr., Bankrupt, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

August 27, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Guy E. Dunning, William A. Bowles, Seattle, Wash., for appellants.

James H. Madison, Wallace Aiken, Howe, Davis, Riese & Aiken, Seattle, Wash., for appellee.

Before HEALY, LEMMON and FEE, Circuit Judges.


LEMMON, Circuit Judge.

Even in America, the Horatio Alger catapulting of trucker to tycoon is open to suspicion — especially when Horatio Alger heads an organization apparently used as a dummy to conceal a bankrupt's assets.

And when we find a violation of the Bulk Sales Act, RCW 63.08.010 et seq., and an attempt to assert a colorable adverse claim in order to divest the Referee of summary jurisdiction, suspicion becomes almost a certainty.

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