Lines v. Bank of California

467 F.2d 1274 11 UCC Rep.Serv. 606 Kal W. LINES, Trustee in Bankruptcy of the Estate of John Muska, Individually and doing business as John Muska Company, Bankrupt, Appellant, v. The BANK OF CALIFORNIA, Appellee. No. 26296. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Oct. 10, 1972. Burton I. Meyer (argued), of Glicksberg, Kushner & Goldberg, San Francisco, Cal., for appellant. John C. Till (argued), of Currie, Lesback, Hannig & Ferrari, Redwood City, Cal., for appellee. Before BROWNING, CARTER and HUFSTEDLER, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: 1 The bankrupt gave appellee's predecessor in interest a chattel mortgage on personal property to secure a loan. A financing statement was filed with the Secretary of State pursuant to section 9401(c) of the California Commercial Code to perfect the security interest. The trustee contends that the security interest is invalid because the financing statement did not contain the residence address of the debtor as required by section 9402(1) of the Code. 2 The referee rejected this contention after an evidentiary hearing, for the following reasons. The financing statement contained all of the other information described in section 9402(1),…