Peterson v. Polk County Treasurer

CARTER, Justice.

Plaintiff, Joan L. Peterson, appeals from an adverse judgment in an action seeking to force removal of a lien noted on the certificate of title for an automobile which she owned jointly with her husband, Lee Peterson. This purported lien arose from an execution which had been issued for purposes of satisfying a judgment against Lee Peterson. On consideration of the arguments presented on this appeal, we reverse the judgment of the district court.

In 1981, intervenor, Dorothy Strand, obtained a judgment against Lee Peterson in excess of $30,000. In 1986, Strand, in an effort to…