Creighton v. Leeds, Palmer & Co.

Citations

• 9 Or. 215

Syllabus

<p>Judgment Lien.</p> <p>Section 266 of the civil code of Oregon provides: “ From the date of the docketing of a judgment, as in this title provided, or the transcript thereof, such judgment shall be a lien upon all the real property of the defendant within the county or counties where the same is docketed.” Judgment First Docketed Takes Precedence.</p> <p>Leeds, Palmer & Co. recovered a judgment against B., February 4, 1873. C. recovered judgment against B., November 9, 1876. B. acquired title to real estate, June 10, 1878, which was levied upon and sold under C.’s judgment. L., P. & Co. afterwards issued an execution against B. and sought to subject the same land to the lien of their judgment: Held, that the judgments ranked upon said after-acquired property in the order of their dates of docketing.</p>