Insurance Co. of North America v. Ventling

THOMAS, Justice.

The single issue for the court to resolve in this case is whether the equitable inter*389est of a buyer under a contract for deed is subject to the statutory lien attaching by virtue of a judgment. The trial court ruled that the interest of a buyer in an executory installment contract for the sale of land is not described by the phrase “lands and tenements” adopted in § 1-17-302, W.S. 1977. The district court then held that the Insurance Company of North America (appellant) was not entitled to assert a judgment lien as a claim against the estate of the deceased buyer under the…