IN RE ENGLAND

Bankruptcy No. 480-00537, Adv. No. 480-0172.

22 B.R. 389 (1982)

In re Robert Wayne ENGLAND and Wife, Teresa Sue Ecker England, Debtors. Robert Wayne ENGLAND and Wife, Teresa Sue Ecker England, Plaintiffs, v. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BONHAM, Defendant.

United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Texas, Fort Worth Division.

August 11, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Powers, Fort Worth, Tex., for plaintiff.

J. K. Skillern, Fort Worth, Tex., for defendant.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

JOHN FLOWERS, Bankruptcy Judge.

Debtor listed a screw machine used in his machine shop as exempt under Texas law and later filed a complaint to avoid a lien on the machine under 11 U.S.C. § 522(f). The lien secures the First National Bank of Bonham and is a nonpossessory, nonpurchase-money security interest. The Bank objects to the lien avoidance alleging the screw machine is not exempt.

The threshold question is whether the...

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