Jackson v. Holbrook’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 8 state decisions

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1. ““Under the statutes of this state, the holder of a junior judgment lien acquires no preference over a senior judgment lien upon the same real estate, by virtue of prior proceedings to execute his judgment; and, as to all persons claiming under a judgment debtor subsequent to the lien of the senior judgment creditor, the rights of the latter are superior, and cannot be divested by any proceedings of a junior lienholder, claiming under the same debtor, to which the senior creditor is not a party. The ivhole policy of the statutes, in respect to the preferences of prior judgment liens against real estate, would be subverted, if a junior judgment creditor could acquire a preference merely by virtue of superior diligence in taking proceedings to enforce his lien; nor do we understand that the law recognizes, any different rule, as between judgment creditors, where the judgment debtor has made prior fraudulent conveyances which are void alike as respects both. The judgments in such cases are liens at law, and, as to real estate, necessarily take precedence according to the date of the record.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lowe v. Reierson