Legal Opinion

In re Smith Corset Shops, Inc.

Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the First Circuit

Decided March 15, 1982No. Bankruptcy No. 80-9009PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

VOTOLATO, Chief Judge.

The Debtor, Smith Corset Shops, Inc., (Smith) has appealed a decision of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Massachusetts, which held that the Ap-pellees, Laurent and Meredith Brodeur, did not convert Smith’s inventory. The issue is whether the findings of the bankruptcy judge are supported by the record.

Brodeur, Smith’s lessor, obtained an execution for possession on April 7, 1980, and pursuant to the execution had the inventory removed to a Providence warehouse. Smith asserts that the trespass and ejectment action which was commenced in the Rhode…

2Cases cited9 opinions

Ludwig v. KowalSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1980
Fuscellaro v. Industrial National CorporationSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1977
Donahue v. ShippeeSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1887
Terrien v. JosephSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1947
Berry v. Boat Giannina B., Inc.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1978

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3Cited by1 opinion

In Re Smith Corset Shops, Inc., Debtor. Appeal of Laurent BrodeurCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1982