Legal Opinion
In the Matter of Richard Eugene Littlejohn and Patricia Lee Littlejohn, Bankrupts. Commerce Bank, N. A. v. William R. Chambers, Trustee in Bankruptcy
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided June 25, 1975No. 74-1505PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SETH, Circuit Judge.
Commerce Bank appeals from an order of the District Court upholding the order of the Referee in Bankruptcy which denied the Bank’s petition for reclamation of a 1972 Volkswagen from the estate in Bankruptcy of Richard and Patricia Littlejohn.
On December 20, 1972, the Littlejohns ■purchased a new 1972 Volkswagen from Merriam Motors, Inc., a Kansas automobile dealer. Merriam Motors issued to the Littlejohns a sales tax receipt and a bill of sale which showed a lien on the car in favor of Commerce Bank. The Littlejohns kept these documents but did not apply for registration…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Maryland Cas. Co. v. American Family Insurance GroupSupreme Court of Kansas · 1967
- In Re JacksonDistrict Court, E.D. Missouri · 1967
- In Re Fried Furniture Corp.District Court, E.D. New York · 1968
- Ben Zuke, Trustee in Bankruptcy of Imogene Jackson, Bankrupt v. Mercantile Trust Company National AssociationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1967
- Melton v. PrickettSupreme Court of Kansas · 1969
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3Cited by33 opinions
- In Re Circus Time, Inc., Debtor. Grumman Credit CorporationCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1981
- Snodgrass v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Kansas · 1991
- In the Matter of Thomas Joseph Kerr, Wanda Sue Kerr, Bankrupts. F. Stannard Lentz, Trustee v. Bank of IndependenceCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1979
- Mid American Credit Union v. Board of County CommissionersCourt of Appeals of Kansas · 1991
- Associates Commercial Corp. v. Trim-Lean Meat Products, Inc. (In Re Trim-Lean Meat Products, Inc.)District Court, D. Delaware · 1981
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