Legal Opinion

In re Marshall Engineering Co.

District Court, D. Maine

Decided January 29, 1963No. 21-41PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

GIGNOUX, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court upon a petition by the Casco Bank & Trust Company for review of an order of the referee in bankruptcy declaring invalid a chattel mortgage held by the Bank.

The facts as found by the referee are undisputed. On November 16, 1960 the bankrupt, Marshall Engineering Co., purchased a 2-door 1961 Ford Thunderbird from Portland Motor Sales. The purchase was financed by the Bank, to which Marshall gave its note for $3,411, secured by a chattel mortgage on the car. Marshall owned no other car. The mortgage was duly recorded in Portland, and on May…

2Cases cited14 opinions

Peek v. Wachovia Bank & Trust CompanySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1955
Wise v. KennedyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1924
Shephard v. Van DorenNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1936
Hauseman Motor Company v. NapierellaCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1928
E. M. Blunt Inc. v. GilesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934

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3Cited by1 opinion

Casco Bank & Trust Company v. Harold H. Modes, Trustee, in the Matter of Marshall Engineering Co., BankruptCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1963