· 8/24/1981
Middletown City Employees Federal Credit Union, Inc. v. Shepherd (In Re Shepherd)
Citations
- 13 B.R. 367
- 1981 Bankr. LEXIS 3096
How courts have described this case
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- “§ 523(a) (2)(A) requires that the false representation be the reason for the creditor’s extension of credit”
- “§ 523(a)(2)(A) requires that the false representation be the reason for the creditor’s extension of credit”
- creditor cannot conduct business without due care and then claim that as a result of a debtor’s deception it extended credit
- ‘§ 523(a)(2)(A) requires that the false representation be the reason for the creditor’s extension of credit.’
- creditor showed a “lack of due care” by failing to demand certificate of title to truck, which was supposed to secure debtor’s loans, and debt therefore not excepted from discharge under section 523(a)(2)(A
- “A lender has the duty to exercise ordinary prudence in order to avoid the discharge of a debt on the grounds that the debt is for obtaining money or property by ... false representations”
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Judges: Ellis W. Kerr
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