IN RE DUCKWORTH

Nos. 14-1561, 14-1650.

776 F.3d 453 (2014)

In re David L. DUCKWORTH, Debtor. State Bank of Toulon, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Charles E. Covey, Chapter 7 Trustee, for David L. Duckworth, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 21, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy J. Howard , Attorney, Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC, Peoria, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Andrew White Covey , Attorney, Peoria, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before FLAUM, ROVNER, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.


In these appeals we consider whether a secured lender can use parol evidence against a bankruptcy to save a security agreement from a mistaken description of the debt to be secured. The security agreement here said that the collateral secured a promissory note made on a given date. The date was a mistake. The borrower had...

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