Legal Opinion
Matter of Hillard
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Alabama
Decided July 24, 1996No. 16-01388PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
JACK CADDELL, Bankruptcy Judge.
This matter is before the Court on the motion of the debtors seeking to avoid the lien of American General Finance (“American”) to the extent that such lien impairs their exemption in household goods pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 522(f)(2) of the United States Bankruptcy Code (the “Code”).
The facts of the case are essentially undisputed. On September 5, 1995, American financed the debtors’ purchase of certain household goods from Holderfields’ Furniture, taking a purchase money security interest against the household goods in the amount of $2,525.84. The terms of…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Southtrust Bank of Alabama, National Association, Formerly Named Birmingham Trust National Bank v. Borg-Warner Acceptance Corp., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
- Coomer v. Barclays American Financial, Inc. (In Re Coomer)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1980
- Snap-On Tools, Inc. v. Freeman (In re Freeman)Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1992
- Fickey v. Bank of LaFayette (In Re Fickey)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1982
- In Re HatfieldUnited States Bankruptcy Court, C.D. Illinois · 1990
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