Simpson County Bank v. Fehrle (In Re Fehrle)

SUPPLEMENTAL MEMORANDUM

MERRITT S. DEITZ, Jr., Bankruptcy Judge.

Rare is the day when a lawyer will argue that he has made a mistake; rarer still is the time when two will do so. But today is the day. Counsel in separate proceedings involving the Simpson County Bank and the Gamaliel Bank and two different debtors both claim “clerical mistakes" in the preparation of their complaints, and now seek leave of court, much later in these proceedings, to amend those complaints.

Despite dissimilar facts and different final results, we have chosen to consolidate these two cases for purposes of this…