Legal Opinion
Metro Machine Corp. v. Berkley Shipbuilding & Drydock Corp. (In re Ward)
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided August 16, 1983No. Bankruptcy No. 81-01711-N; Adv. No. 82-0285-APublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
MARTIN V.B. BOSTETTER, Jr., Bankruptcy Judge.
Ashton H. Pully, Jr. (“Pully”), a Virginia Beach attorney, sought a ruling of this Court permitting late filing of a proof of claim in the above-styled bankruptcy case. The basis of Pully’s claim is an alleged statutory lien for attorney fees pursuant to *320section 54-70 of the Code of Virginia 1 At a hearing held April 12, 1983, the Court ruled that it could find no cause to permit late filing of the proof of claim absent a finding that Pully holds a valid lien under the provisions of the Virginia Code.
The debtor, William Lawrence…
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