Legal Opinion
In Re D & B Electric, Inc.
United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Kentucky
Decided May 14, 1980No. 19-30014PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
MERRITT S. DEITZ, Jr., Bankruptcy Judge.
A question of priority of liens is presented. The issue, between Rueff Lighting Company and the trustee in bankruptcy, is which of those parties holds a superior lien upon uncashed checks which were made jointly payable to Rueff and the bankrupt, D & B Electric, Inc. The checks, in the total amount of $5,494.97, were issued in consideration of Rueff’s purported forbearance from exercising its right to file a statutory lien.
Prior to filing bankruptcy, D & B Electric, Inc. was an electrical subcontractor on two different publicly…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- 1 Collier bankr.cas.2d 42, Bankr. L. Rep. P 67,033 Ralph I. Selby, Trustee in Bankruptcy for the Frimberger Corporation v. Ford Motor CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1979
- Keenan Pipe & Supply Company, a Corporation v. B. E. Shields, as Trustee in Bankruptcy of James T. InmanCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1956
- Johnson v. Root Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Mullins v. Noland Co.District Court, N.D. Georgia · 1975
- Parker v. Klochko Equipment Rental Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1979
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3Cited by25 opinions
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- Tonyan Construction Co. v. McHenry State Bank (In Re Tonyan Construction Co.)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois · 1983
- American States Insurance v. Glover Construction Co. (In Re Glover Construction Co.)United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Kentucky · 1983
- Bethlehem Steel Corp. v. TidwellDistrict Court, M.D. Georgia · 1986
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