Brown v. Russo

MILLS, Judge.

Brown, assignee of a judgment, appeals an order of the trial court discharging Russo, the debtor, from paying the judgment because Russo had paid the amount of the judgment to Virginia National Bank, the assignor, without notice of the assignment. We affirm.

On 15 October 1975, Virginia National Bank obtained a judgment against Russo in the amount of $9,325. No action was taken to collect the judgment. In November 1980, Brown filed suit against Russo to foreclose on a second mortgage which he held on a parcel of property owned by Russo. Brown attempted to secure an assignment of…