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· 5/6/1981

Debral Realty, Inc. v. DiChiara

Citations

  • 420 N.E.2d 343
  • 383 Mass. 559

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • acknowledging \substantial economic effects that can result from the filing of a lis pendens notice [effects that mirror those resulting from the use of a real estate attachment]\
  • \The filing of a memorandum of lis pendens does not result in seizure of the property or dispossession of the property owner.\
  • lis pendens deprives landowner \of no more than the ability to alienate property without informing the prospective transferee of the existence of litigation involving the property\
  • lis pendens, when recorded, does no more than provide notice to those contemplating purchase of an interest in the property that a suit was pending that affected title to the property

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Judges: Hennessey, Braucher, Wilkins, Liacos, Abrams

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