Legal Opinion
Tanner v. FinanceAmerica Consumer Discount Co. (In Re Tanner)
United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided October 30, 1981No. 19-70062PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
JOSEPH L. COSETTI
FACTS
Evelyn Tanner filed a Voluntary Petition for relief under Chapter 7, Title 11, of the United States Code on November 10, 1980. The Debtor alleged the market value of her home was $20,000. The property is encum bered with three mortgages, the first two totaling $23,980 and therefore exhausting the alleged market value of the home. Defendant, FinanceAmerica Consumer Discount Company, owns the third mortgage which it acquired April 9,1980. The Debtor filed a Complaint on March 13, 1981, requesting the Court to declare the third mortgage unsecured and void…
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