Farmhand, Inc. v. Lahman Manufacturing Co. (In Re Lahman Manufacturing Co.)

MEMORANDUM DECISION

PEDER K. ECKER, Bankruptcy Judge.

This matter is before the Court on a complaint by a creditor, Farmhand, Inc. (“Farmhand”), seeking modification of the automatic stay in order that pending litigation brought by Farmhand against the debtor, Lahman Manufacturing Company, Inc. (“Lahman”), may proceed in United States District Court for the District of South Dakota, Northern Division. At the trial on the merits of the complaint, Lah-man moved the Court to estimate the amount of Farmhand’s claim and Farmhand moved for abstention. The Court heard oral argument of counsel and…