Legal Opinion
Phillip Kunkel v. Sprague Natl. Bank
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 20, 1997No. 96-3254PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.
In this appeal two creditors, Hoxie Feeders, Inc. and Sprague National Bank, both claim first priority security interests in the same cattle. The district court affirmed the bankruptcy court’s summary judgment for Hoxie holding that Hoxie’s purchase money security interest had priority over Sprague’s earlier security interest in the cattle. Kunkel v. Sprague Nat’l Bank, 198 B.R. 734, 735 (D.Minn.1996). As an alternative holding for Hoxie, the district court held that Sprague did not have a security interest in the cattle because the debtor lacked “rights in the…
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