Legal Opinion

In Re Wetzler

United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Maryland

Decided January 11, 1996No. 19-12764PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION ON CLAIMS FOR EQUITABLE SUBROGATION

E. STEPHEN DERBY, Bankruptcy Judge.

The controlling question for decision is whether an equitable subrogation claim against two guarantors who are husband and wife may reach property held by the guarantors as tenants by the entirety. If the answer is affirmative, two dependent issues must be resolved. First, among the several co-guarantors, how is the share of joint liability determined that may be satisfied from entireties property. Second, are the co-guarantors accountable for attorney fees incurred by the holder of the subrogation claim.…

2Cases cited46 opinions

  1. Butner v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Pearlman v. Reliance InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  3. Davis v. WellsSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
  4. American Motorists Insurance v. ARTRA Group, Inc.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1995
  5. Vasilion v. VasilionSupreme Court of Virginia · 1951

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Toy King Distributors, Inc. v. Liberty Savings Bank, FSB (In Re Toy King Distributors, Inc.)United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida · 2000
  2. Dobron v. BunchNevada Supreme Court · 2009
  3. Wetzler v. CantorDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1996
  4. In re MorrisonUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · 2016
  5. 99 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 3291, 1999 Daily Journal D.A.R. 4265, 3 Cal. Bankr. Ct. Rep. 68 in Re Edward J. Shoen in Re James P. Shoen in Re Aubrey Johnson in Re John Dodds in Re William Carty, Debtors. Edward J. Shoen James Shoen Aubrey Johnson John M. Dodds William Carty Amerco v. Samuel W. Shoen Cecilia M. Hanlon, A/K/A Cecilia M. Shoen-Hanlon Katrina Carlson, A/K/A Katrina Shoen-Carlson Samwill, Inc. Kattydid, Inc. Mickl, Inc., in Re Edward J. Shoen James P. Shoen Aubrey Johnson John Dodds William Carty, Debtors. Samuel W. Shoen Cecilia M. Hanson, A/K/A Cecilia M. Shoen-Hanson Katrina Carlson, A/K/A Katrina Shoen-Carlson Samwill, Inc., Now Called Katabasis International, Inc. Cemar, Inc. Kattydid, Inc. Mickl, Inc. v. Edward J. Shoen James Shoen Aubrey Johnson John M. Dodds William Carty AmercoCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1999

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