In Re Ellsworth

722 F.2d 1448 11 Bankr.Ct.Dec. 936 , Bankr. L. Rep. P 69,576 , 37 UCC Rep.Serv. 1376 In re Robert ELLSWORTH and Judith Ellsworth, his wife, et al., Debtors. TRI-STATE LIVESTOCK CREDIT CORPORATION, a California corporation, Plaintiff- Appellant, and Spence and Norton, a partnership; A.T. Spence, Jr.; and John Norton, Defendants-Appellants, v. Robert C. ELLSWORTH, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Nos. 83-1836, 83-1837. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Oct. 14, 1983. Decided Jan. 3, 1984. Evans, Kitchel & Jenckes, by Steven A. Hirsch, Phoenix, Ariz. for plaintiff-appellant. Jennings, Strouss & Salmon, by Jefferson L. Lankford, Phoenix, Ariz., for defendants-appellants. Snell & Wilmer, by Peter J. Rathwell, Phoenix, Ariz., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit. Before DUNIWAY, ALARCON, and BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judges. DUNIWAY, Circuit Judge: 1 Tri-State Livestock Credit Corporation and Spence and Norton appeal from the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel's reversal of the bankruptcy court's order of partial summary judgment in favor of Tri-State. In re Ellsworth, Bkrtcy.App. 9 Cir., 1983, 28 B.R. 13…