In Re Massoni

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

JAMES A. PUSATERI, Bankruptcy Judge.

This matter comes before the Court on the objection of the Plains State Bank to the debtor John David Massoni’s claimed exemptions and motion to avoid lien. The debtor seeks to exempt certain farm equipment as tools of trade and to void the lien thereon. The Bank contends debtor is not a farmer but a real estate salesman or lessor and so cannot avoid the lien. The parties have agreed to withhold their valuation dispute from the Court’s consideration pending determination of the issue whether debtor is a farmer.

FINDINGS OF FACT

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