Legal Opinion
Dotson v. Cogswell (In re Cogswell)
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided January 4, 2012No. Bankruptcy No. 10-43436-MSH; Adversary No. 10-04113PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
MELVIN S. HOFFMAN, Bankruptcy Judge.
The debtor, Robert E. Cogswell, and John Dotson, one of his creditors, have been battling for several years, first in state court and now in bankruptcy court, over what should have been a routine real estate transaction. Litigation began in 2004 in the Palmer District Court Department of the Massachusetts Trial Court and proceeded from there to the Massachusetts Appellate Division of the District Court Department.1 The relevant facts set forth below are gleaned to some extent from the pleadings…
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