City of Durham v. Pollard

Tbe question for decision is tbis : Where S. M. Credle, tbe grantee of land under an unregistered deed, conveys tbe same to Gregory Sales Company, for' valuable consideration, by deed which is duly registered, is a judgment, thereafter obtained by tbe Merchants Bank against S. M. Oredle and docketed in the county where the land lies before the deed to Oredle is registered, a lien upon the land? The answer is “No.”

A docketed judgment, directing the payment of money, is a lien on the real property situated in the county in which the judgment is docketed and owned by the judgment debtor at the…