Legal Opinion

Roy Mitchell Waggoner and Jewel Kay Waggoner

United States Bankruptcy Court, D. New Mexico

Decided July 31, 2019No. 17-11381Unknown

1Opinion

UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO In re: ROY MITCHELL WAGGONER and JEWEL KAY WAGGONER, Case No. 17-11381 t7 Debtors. OPINION Before the Court is the chapter 7 trustee’s motion to sell the debtors’ house. Debtors initially objected to the sale but later withdrew the objection in large part. Now, they only object to the payment of a proposed “finder’s fee” to a creditor. The U.S. Trustee’s office joins in this objection. The Court rules that the proposed sale should be approved as beneficial to the estate, but that payment of a finder’s fee is contrary to New Mexico law and…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. St. Louis Baptist Temple, Inc. v. Federal Deposit Insurance CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1979
  2. LeBlanc v. SalemCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1999
  3. In Re Tidewater Memorial Hospital, Inc.United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Virginia · 1989
  4. Frankfurth v. Cummins (In Re Cummins)United States Bankruptcy Court, C.D. California · 1981
  5. Kaiser v. ThomsonNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1951

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