Hoffman v. Peoples Bank (In re Cuni)

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

ROBERT L. KRECHEVSKY, Chief Judge.

The trustee’s motion for a determination of priorities among three competing liens attaching to the proceeds from a sale of estate property gives rise to this core proceeding.1 See 28 U.S.C. § 157(b)(2)(E). No evidentiary hearing has been held, the lien claimants, the trustee and the debtors having stipulated to most of the following background. Additional facts have been *666culled from the debtors’ joint bankruptcy petition and the case file.

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Pursuant to court authority, Martin W. Hoffman, trustee in this chapter 7 case, sold 51-53 Henry…