Rechnitzer v. Boyd (In Re Executive Growth Investments, Inc.)
United States Bankruptcy Court, C.D. California
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
JOHN D. AYER, Bankruptcy Judge.
INTRODUCTION
This is a conflict over ownership of a fractional interest in a promissory note. The defendant argues that the interest is hers because she bought and paid for it. The trustee claims it for the estate, using the trustee’s strong-arm power. Though assembling the facts is something like solving an N-dimensional Rubik’s Cube, the law seems to me reasonably straightforward. I hold for the trustee.
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Executive Growth Investments, Inc. (“EGI”), the debtor in this Chapter 7 case, was an investment firm trading in real property and notes…
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