IN RE BIRD TRUCKING CO., INC.

Bankruptcy No. 85-01551, Adv. No. 85-0440.

57 B.R. 208 (1986)

In re BIRD TRUCKING COMPANY, INC., Debtor. BIRD TRUCKING COMPANY, INC., Plaintiff, v. FORD MOTOR CREDIT COMPANY, Defendant.

United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Wisconsin.

January 24, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Steinmetz and Richard Carr of Reinhart, Boerner, Van Deuren, Norris & Rieselbach, S.C., Milwaukee, Wis., for plaintiff.

Bryan Krakauer and Robert R. Watson of Sidley & Austin, Chicago, Ill., for defendant.

Albert Solochek of Howard, Peterman, Eisenberg, Solochek & Nashban, S.C., Milwaukee, Wis., for VTCC, Inc. d/b/a Volvo White Truck Credit Co.

Benjamin W. Laird and F. Scott Wochos of Egan & Laird, S.C., Green Bay, Wis., for Creditors' Committee.


DECISION

JAMES E. SHAPIRO, Bankruptcy Judge.

The question presented is whether a forged or unauthorized signature, purporting to be that of an authorized representative of the purchaser, on title applications for 50 trucks, resulting in the issuance of certificates of title for these trucks with the secured party's lien upon each title, voids the lien on each title as against the debtor-in-possession.

At a trial conducted on January 8 and 9, 1986...

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