Hong Kong Electro-Chemical Works, Ltd. v. Less
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
WOOD, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is part of a long effort by Hong Kong Electro-Chemical Works, Ltd. (“HKEW”) to get paid for goods that it sold to defendant Garry Less and a business he and his wife Michelle ran under the name Todd Industries. (We refer to them all as Less, unless the context requires otherwise.) The district court found that Less owes HKEW $166,252.88 plus interest. Less did not pay, leading HKEW to search for assets that would satisfy its judgment. The dispute here centers on a house that Less and his family occupied and arguably owned. The district court rejected HKEW’s…
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