IN RE GOFF

No. 86-1597 Summary Calendar.

812 F.2d 931 (1987)

In re Elbert Wayne & Gloria J. GOFF, Debtors, CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK, now known as MBank North Austin, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Vince TAYLOR, Trustee and The Official Unsecured Creditors' Committee, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 17, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gray Bryon Jolink, Austin, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

Robert W. Swanson, Austin, Tex., for Vince Taylor, Trustee.

Adrian M. Overstreet, David J. Gallo, Austin, Tex., for Unsecured Creditors' Committee.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, RANDALL, and HILL, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

The issue raised on this appeal is whether under Texas law Elbert Wayne Goff and his wife, Gloria J. Goff, had legal title to real property held in a self-settled spendthrift trust. The bankruptcy and district courts held that the Goffs had only equitable title and that, as a result, the judgment lien of Citizens National Bank did not attach to the property. We affirm.

I.

The Goffs established a self-employed retirement trust (Keogh plan...

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