Legal Opinion

Turner v. Burton (In Re Turner)

United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Maine

Decided April 28, 1983No. 19-10103PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM DECISION

FREDERICK A. JOHNSON, Bankruptcy Judge.

The debtors, Robert and Phyllis Turner, request the court to order Wanita Burton, a real estate broker doing business as Waterfall Real Estate, to turn over to them $2,500 held by her pursuant to a real estate contract. They also seek to recover $4,000, which the trustee is withholding from the proceeds from the sale of their house. The court concludes that, under the terms of the real estate contract, Burton is entitled to retain the $2,500 and that the debtors are entitled to all but $1,500 of the $4,000 in proceeds as part of their…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. In Re Shea Realty, Inc.United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Vermont · 1982
  2. James B. Nutter & Co. v. Taylor (In Re Taylor)United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Missouri · 1982
  3. Labbe v. CyrSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1954
  4. Jutras v. BoisvertSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1921

3Cited by18 opinions

  1. In Re Laurence A. NEUTON; Esther Neuton, Debtors. Laurence A. NEUTON, Appellant, v. Curtis B. DANNING, Trustee, AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
  2. Booth v. Vaughan (In Re Booth)Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Sixth Circuit · 2001
  3. Mason v. Benjamin Banneker Plaza, Inc. (In Re Mason)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1987
  4. In Re FordUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1987
  5. International Tobacco Partners, Ltd. v. Ohio (In re International Tobacco Partners, Ltd.)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. New York · 2011

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