In re Vermont Real Estate Investment Trust
In re Vermont Real Estate Investment Trust
Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON APPLICATION OF DEBTOR TO APPLY CASH ON HAND TOWARD THE INDEBTEDNESS TO THE MERCHANTS BANK FOR DELINQUENT MORTGAGE INSTALLMENTS
The Debtor filed an Application to apply cash on hand toward delinquent mortgage installments owed to the Merchants Bank. At a hearing on October 14,1982, the Debt- or, represented by Wyman Smith, submitted to the Court the basic premises for the application.
Various objections were made to the application by Counsel for Cody Management Association, Inc. and Dr. Felix Sommer. However, the most notable objection was made by the Committee of Unsecured Creditors. Mr. Wolinsky, as Counsel for the Creditors’ Committee, advocated that any payments made prior to the development of a plan would result in the estate being handled in a piecemeal fashion. The Court finds this argument to be the most persuasive.
It should be noted that the plan for reorganization should provide a proper distribution of the values represented by the reorganized debtor among the parties entitled to participate, in accordance to their respective entitlements. And it is further noted that the debtor has the duty to formulate a reorganization plan. 11 U.S.C. § 1121. And this duty was considered by the Court in the Matter of K.C. March Co., Inc., 12 B.R. 401 (Bkrtcy. 1981) at 403:
“. .. This is the job of the debtor in reorganization. He must demonstrate that there is a reasonable posibility of a successful reorganization. In re Bermec Corp., 445 F.2d 367 (2nd Cir. 1971) The plan for reorganization must be more than a nebulous speculative venture. It must have a realistic chance of success which would lead to rehabilitation, ...”
Allowance of the payment as requested by the Debtor would not only frustrate the goals of reorganization as enumerated above but it would also initiate the piecemeal administration of the estate as indicated by the Creditors’ Committee. There was more than an adequate showing that the Debtor has substantial equity in the property, and if required, the Debtor could provide assurances to the Bank for the delinquencies from that equity. As such, there is neither a compelling circumstance nor an overwhelming inequity which would prevent the holding of the payment to the Merchants Bank in abeyance pending the filing of the plan.
ORDER
Now, therefore, upon the foregoing,
IT IS ORDERED as follows:
1. That the application of the Debtor to apply cash on hand toward the indebtedness to the Merchants Bank for delinquent mortgage installments is DENIED.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- In re VERMONT REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST, Debtor
- Status
- Published