Legal Opinion
Bowers v. Connecticut National Bank
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided September 29, 1987No. Civ. H-87-163(AHN)PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RULING ON BANKRUPTCY COURT APPEAL
NEVAS, District Judge.
This case presents the question whether a federal bankruptcy court was in error in according preclusive effect to a state appellate court’s finding on the validity of a promissory note. The issue has been extensively briefed and orally argued by the parties. For the following reasons, the judgment of the bankruptcy court 69 B.R. 822, is reversed and the case remanded to that court for further determinations consistent with this ruling.
Background
On November 1, 1978, Florence Bowers executed an unsecured promissory note for $50,000 in favor…
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