Skinner v. Hunter

Citations

• 95 Wash. 607
• 164 P. 244
• 1917 Wash. LEXIS 861

Syllabus

<p>Lis Pendens — Effect — Mortgages — Foreclosure — Homestead Right During Redemption. The filing of a Ms pendens in an action to foreclose a mortgage bars a declaration of homestead by a subsequent purchaser from the mortgagors; since the right to claim a homestead under Rem. Code, § 602, is a right “reserved” to the “judgment debtor” during the period of redemption, and cannot be transferred to one who had neither possession nor right of homestead at the time the Ms pendens was filed.</p>