Brown v. Cooley (In Re Cooley)

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ALLGOOD, Senior District Judge.

The creditor, Julian Curtis Brown, has appealed the decision of the bankruptcy judge, overruling his objection to the debt- or’s claimed exemptions, 67 B.R. 229 (Bkrtcy, N.D.Ala.1986).

Brown obtained a judgment of $50,000 against Louise Chappell Cooley for personal injuries sustained in an automobile accident. When Cooley filed a bankruptcy petition she claimed exemptions under the Alabama law. Ala.Code §§ 6-10-2, 6-10-6 (1975). Brown filed an objection to the

exemptions claiming that his valid lien on the debtor’s property prevented it being…