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IN RE ESTATE OF BROWN

Bankruptcy No. 81-00699.

16 B.R. 128 (1981)

In re ESTATE OF Joseph L. BROWN by Philip Joseph Brown Executor and Sole Heir Under Last Will and Testament of Joseph L. Brown, Debtor.

United States Bankruptcy Court, District of Columbia.

December 22, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian Seeber, Greenbaum & Gins, Washington, D.C., for debtor.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ROGER M. WHELAN, Bankruptcy Judge.

The petition filed herein by the debtor, Estate of Joseph L. Brown, and the order for relief automatically entered by operation of law pursuant to Section 301 of the Bankruptcy Code, is vacated on this date by the Court based upon the fact that the petition was filed by "a person" who was not eligible for relief under the Bankruptcy Code. 11 U.S.C. § 109(d) expressly states:

"Only a person...

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