Haner v. Bruce

499 A.2d 792 (1985)

Almond HANER

v.

Wendall BRUCE, David M. Fosgate, Gloria Fosgate and Peoples Trust Co. of St. Albans.

No. 84-319.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

September 6, 1985.

Brown, Cahill & Gawne, St. Albans, for plaintiff-appellant.

Before ALLEN, C.J., and HILL, PECK, GIBSON and HAYES, JJ.

GIBSON, Justice.

The question raised by this appeal is whether a real estate attachment that is misindexed by the city clerk is valid against a subsequent bona fide purchaser who had no actual notice of the attachment. The trial court dismissed the attaching party's claim. We reverse and remand.

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