Legal Opinion
Smith v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States (In re Watts)
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided October 6, 1981No. Bankruptcy No. 680-00250-L; Adv. No. 680-0058PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
H. CLYDE PEARSON, Bankruptcy Judge.
In this adversary proceeding the Trustee seeks to recover certain sums of money from The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States (“Equitable”) which the Trustee alleges were received as a voidable preference in violation of 11 U.S.C. § 547. The material facts are set forth in a Stipulation of Counsel and are briefly summarized as follows.
The debtor, James 0. Watts, Jr., filed his voluntary petition under Chapter 7 on April 16, 1980. Prior to that time, Watts had been the holder of three life insurance policies issued by…
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- Williams v. Union Central Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- J. J. McCaskill Co v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- United States v. Cornelius W. SullivanCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1964
- Board of Assessors of the Parish v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Calhoon v. HarveySupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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- Kennedy v. Fina Oil & Chemical Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1999