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Safeway Finance Co. v. Ward (In Re Ward)
District Court, S.D. Georgia
Decided October 2, 1981No. Bankruptcy Nos. 179-00450, 180-00474, 180-00301 and 180-0037, Civ. A. Nos. CV180-144, CV181-82, CV181-018 and CV181-014PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER ON APPEAL
BOWEN, District Judge.
The captioned cases are on appeal from the bankruptcy court. Jurisdiction over such matters is vested in the United States District Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1334 and Title IV § 405(c) of the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978. The cases have been consolidated for disposition on appeal because they share one major common issue. By this order, the Court will decide this issue and two subsidiary issues presented by one or more of the appeals.
The facts are not in dispute and may be summarized as follows:
In re Ward
Appellee-debtors filed a joint voluntary…
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