Legal Opinion

Commonwealth National Bank v. Miller

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 30, 1981PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

MONTEMURO, Judge:

The instant action is the result of a battle between two creditors for the assets of a debtor who had pledged his securities to one financial institution as collateral for refinancing of prior debts and later used his personal assets to obtain a second loan for his corporation. There is no doubt that each bank had a legitimate claim, to repayment. When the debtor’s financial situation collapsed, only one of the creditors was paid in full.

The only issue concerns the claim of the unpaid creditor that two acts of the debtor in regard to the securities amount to fraudulent…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1942
  2. Whitman v. O'BrienSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1905
  3. Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission v. EvansSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
  4. Berger v. KraismanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
  5. Hopkins v. BeebeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1856

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Fidelity & Deposit Co. of Maryland v. Glenn (In Re Glenn)United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1989

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