In Re Izzi

MEMORANDUM OPINION

RUFE, District Judge.

Presently before the Court is an appeal from an Order of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (the “Bankruptcy Court”) dated March 7, 2003. Appellant is the Executor of the Estate of Robert DeLong, and appellee is Frank Scott, formerly known as Francis Izzi. For the reasons set out below, this Court will reverse and remand for further proceedings consistent with this Memorandum Opinion.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

The following is taken largely from the parties’ Joint Statement of Stipulated Facts, which they…