Legal Opinion
In re Mayfair Construction Co.
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided March 2, 1959No. B-125-58PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MORRILL, District Judge.
This petition for review involves priority among liens.
The petitioners severally entered into contracts with the bankrupt-developer for the purchase of homes to be constructed by the bankrupt on land owned by it. None of these contracts was recorded, principally because of a provision in each contract that it should not be recorded.
Claiming equitable liens against all of the assets of the bankrupt estate, the petitioners particularly seek priority as against three mortgagees who recorded their mortgages without not':e of the petitioners’ contracts. The Referee denied…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Reilly v. GriffithNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1947
- First Camden Nat. Bank & Trust Co. v. Ætna Casualty & Surety Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1942
- VanDyke v. Carol Building Co.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1955
- In Re Sayre Village Manor, Inc.District Court, D. New Jersey · 1954
- Hadfield v. HadfieldSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1941
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Cox v. RKA CORP.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 2000
- 85-02 Queens Boulevard Associates v. Kong (In Re 85-02 Queens Boulevard Associates)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. New York · 1997
- Benneman v. Pearl (In Re Pearl)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. New Jersey · 1984
- In re Samuel August & Co.District Court, D. New Jersey · 1964
- Cox v. RKA CORP.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 2000