Estate of Spahi v. Hughes-Northwest, Inc.

Becker, A.C.J.

At issue is an order divesting Hughes-Northwest, Inc., of its title to a parcel of property purchased at an execution sale upon a judgment that was later reversed. The order quieted title in respondent Nader Spahi, who had successfully appealed the earlier judgment without superseding it. A litigant who appeals an unsuperseded judgment affecting an interest in property takes the risk that a third party will purchase the property at an execution sale before the judgment can be reversed. Knowledge that the judgment is being appealed does not deprive the third party of protection…