IN RE LONSTEIN

No. 91-1608.

950 F.2d 77 (1991)

In re Leon LONSTEIN, Debtor. Leon LONSTEIN, Appellant, v. Matthew D. ROCKMAN, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 4, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Gordon, Boston, Mass., for appellant.

Matthew D. Rockman, Northboro, Mass., for appellee, with whom Carl D. Aframe, Worcester, was on brief, for Olga Gurwitz, party in interest.

Before BREYER, Chief Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and CYR, Circuit Judge.


CYR, Circuit Judge.

Debtor Leon Lonstein appeals from a district court judgment affirming a bankruptcy court decision which held that Lonstein's interest in an undistributed testamentary bequest became property of the chapter 7 estate at the time of the commencement of the case. We affirm.

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BACKGROUND

An involuntary chapter 7 case was commenced against Lonstein under Bankruptcy Code § 303, 11 U.S.C. § 303, on June 30, 1989, more...

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