Legal Opinion

In Re Siegmann

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided May 18, 1988No. 69681PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LAVENDER, Justice:

The United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Oklahoma has certified the following question to this Court pursuant to the Oklahoma Uniform Certification of Questions of Law Act:1

Does the term “tools, apparatus ... used in any trade_” as used in Okla. Stat.Ann. tit. 31, § l.A.6. (West Supp. 1987) include all types of equipment, regardless of size, source of power, mobility, value or mode of operation, needed by a person in pursuit of a trade?

Accompanying the question the bankruptcy court has certified the following findings of fact:

The debtor owns a 1979 Ford…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Finerty v. First Nat. Bank of DuncanSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1923
  2. Green v. RaymondTexas Supreme Court · 1882
  3. MacDonald v. MercillMontana Supreme Court · 1986
  4. Betz v. MaierCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1896
  5. In Re CurrieDistrict Court, D. Kansas · 1983

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. In Re De KleinmanUnited States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · 1994
  2. In Re ShumakerUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Montana · 1991
  3. In Re AndersonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1996
  4. Lindsey v. Kingfisher Bank & Trust Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1992
  5. In Re HelmuthUnited States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Oklahoma · 1988

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