· 6/10/1982
Ford Motor Credit Company v. Robert L. Weaver, John C. Weaver and Sons and Weaver Farms, Defendants
Citations
- 680 F.2d 451
- 6 Collier Bankr. Cas. 2d 1173
- 33 U.C.C. Rep. Serv. (West) 1778
- 1982 U.S. App. LEXIS 18539
How courts have described this case
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- concluding that an incorrect street address was permissible, but an incorrect city or state was not
- following Sherr, and holding that principles enunciated therein applied equally well to a debtor-in-possession
- “[A] debtor in possession has the duty to protect and conserve the property in his possession for the benefit of creditors.”
- “A trustee in bankruptcy or a debtor-in-possession, as a fiduciary, represents both the secured and unsecured creditors of the debtor.”
- the Sixth Circuit holding that “[t]he measure of care, diligence and skill required of a trustee is that of an ordinarily prudent man in the conduct of his private affairs under similar circumstances and with a similar object in view.”
- “In most of the cases where an agent's knowledge of bankruptcy proceedings is imputed to a creditor, the agent is an attorney who has been authorized either to collect the balance due on a defaulted debt or represent the creditor in bankruptcy proceedings.”
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Judges: Keith, Jones, Holschuh
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