New Brunswick Savings Bank v. Markouski

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

STEIN, J.

The issue before us is whether the requirements of due process are satisfied when a sheriff’s judgment execution sale of real property, conducted without actual notice to other judgment creditors, vacates the statutory liens of such judgment creditors on the property.

Central Jersey Bank and Trust Company (“Central Jersey”) executed on a judgment it had obtained against Dr. Peter Markouski. To satisfy the judgment, the Sheriff of Middlesex County held an execution sale of Markouski’s entirety interest in real property. Equity Lender’s…