In Re Trusty

ORDER DENYING MOTIONS FOR RELIEF FROM STAY

BENJAMIN COHEN, Bankruptcy Judge.

The three eases subject to this order are not consolidated but are connected by a common issue. That issue is whether a rent-to-own agreement is a lease for rental of property or is a security agreement representing a sale of property. In each case the non-debtor merchant has asked this Court for relief from the automatic stay to allow it to pursue whatever non-bankruptcy remedies it may have against its debtor. All three debtors have asked the Court to require the merchants to treat the agreements as sales agreements.…