IN RE BIGGS

No. 03-5626.

377 F.3d 515 (2004)

In re Richard Glenn BIGGS and Kathy Jean Biggs, a/k/a Kathy Jean Melton, Debtors. Jeanne Burton Gregory, Trustee, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ocwen Federal Bank, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed July 29, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeanne Burton Gregory (argued and briefed), Gibson, Gregory & Gwyn, Nashville, TN, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Frank H. Reeves (argued), Hix & Gray, Nashville, TN, Thomas W. Lawless (briefed), Wilson & Associates, Nashville, TN, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before SILER, DAUGHTREY, and SUTTON, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

SUTTON, Circuit Judge.

In this bankruptcy case, Ocwen Federal Bank claims that a deed of trust is valid against subsequent purchasers of the property, even though the required acknowledgment omits the names of the individuals purporting to acknowledge their signatures on the deed. The bankruptcy and district courts each held that a deed of trust omitting this information was invalid under Tennessee law, and so do we. We affirm.

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