SILVER v. GULF CITY BODY & TRAILER WORKS

No. 29815 Summary Calendar.

432 F.2d 992 (1970)

Irving SILVER, as Trustee in Bankruptcy for Clyde Basil Tillman, Bankrupt, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GULF CITY BODY & TRAILER WORKS, a corporation, and Hobbs Trailers, Division of Fruehauf Corporation, a corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 17, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert P. Feibelman, Jr., Mobile, Ala., for plaintiff-appellant.

I. David Cherniak, Mobile, Ala., for Gulf City Body & Trailer Works.

T. Massey Bedsole, Mobile, Ala., for Hobbs Trailers.

Before THORNBERRY, MORGAN and CLARK, Circuit Judges.


CLARK, Circuit Judge:

Post office boxes do not have to possess the occult quality of engaging in oral communication with inquirers to meet the requirement of the Alabama Uniform Commercial Code that a financing statement show the address of the secured party. To paraphrase — the Code helps those who help themselves. We affirm.

Irving Silver, trustee in bankruptcy for Clyde Basil Tillman, contends that the vendor of personal property to the bankrupt...

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