Legal Opinion
In the Matter of Edgar Stella, Debtors v. Government Development Bank of Puerto Rico
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 13, 1981No. 81-1102PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
BREYER, Circuit Judge.
In June 1979 the appellants, Dr. Edgar Stella and his wife, filed petitions in the federal Bankruptcy Court in Puerto Rico. They sought the protection of former Bankruptcy Act, Chapter XIII — which offers Wage Earner Plans as an alternative to bankruptcy. 1 One of Stellas’ creditors, the Government Development Bank of Puerto Rico, opposed the petitions on the ground that Dr. Stella did not qualify as a “wage earner.” The Bank pointed out that the Stellas received large amounts of income from a professional partnership that Dr. Stella had formed with another physician.…
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