· 1/6/1998
Kroop & Kurland, P.A. v. Lambros
Citations
- 703 A.2d 1287
- 118 Md. App. 651
- 708 A.2d 1287
- 1998 Md. App. LEXIS 1
How courts have described this case
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- holding that once a judgment expired by operation of law during a period in which the creditor corporation’s charter was forfeited, it was not subject to renewal once the corporation revived its charter
- observing that the expiration of a judgment by operation of law 12 years after its entry extinguished the dependent lien on the judgment debtor’s property
- “A notice of renewal may be filed by the judgment holder at any time before the expiration of the judgment.”
- “When a corporation’s charter is forfeited ... the corporation is dissolved by operation of law and ceases to exist as a legal entity”
- notice of renewal of a judgment filed after the judgment creditor’s corporate charter had been forfeited was null and void; the judgment lien expired 12 years after its entry, and later revival of charter did not resurrect the lien
- forfeiture results in dissolution by operation of law
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Judges: Wenner, Sonner, Byrnes
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