Bratton v. Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Jackson & Tucker

Ian W. Vickery, Special Justice.

On March 30,1989, the appellant, Bobby Bratton, filed his initial complaint seeking damages in this action in the Circuit Court of Searcy County. At the time of the filing of this complaint, the record reflects that Bratton had previously filed for relief under Chapter VII of the Bankruptcy Code and that a bankruptcy trustee had been appointed to the case. The Chapter VII proceedings resulted from the conversion of a Chapter XI filed in 1982.

The issue of whether or not Bratton had standing, in addition to challenges to the sufficiency of the pleadings and…