Peoples Banking Co. v. Hartley (In Re Hartley)

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

WALTER J. KRASNIEWSKI, Bankruptcy Judge.

This matter is before the Court upon the Motion of Defendants, Mary Ellen Gott-fried and C. Richard Gottfried, for an Order dismissing this adversary complaint as it pertains to them for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. The motion is denied.

Defendants James R. Hartley and Sharon L. Hartley filed a voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code on September 8, 1981. On October 2, 1981 Plaintiff filed the instant complaint seeking to marshall the liens and foreclose its mortgage on a certain parcel of real…