Memphis Bank & Trust Co. v. Brooks

MEMORANDUM OPINION

WELLFORD, District Judge.

This case involves an appeal from an Order of the Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Tennessee, the Honorable William B. Leffler, denying appellant bank relief from an automatic stay imposed by the filing of appellee’s Chapter 13 bankruptcy petition. Oral argument was heard in this case on January 9, 1981, and careful consideration has been given to the record in this cause.

I

On April 21, 1980, appellee-debtor Odell Brooks filed a Chapter 13 petition for bankruptcy. At the time of the filing, the debt- or owed appellant bank $3,882.00,…