Bulmash v. Davis

Opinion

MOSK, J.

— We examine the status of a judgment lien pursuant to a judgment that was subsequently vacated. A lien is accessory to the obligation on which it is based; therefore, it would ordinarily be automatically invalid once the judgment was vacated. In the case at bar, however, the vacating order was appealed and reversed; accordingly, the judgment was restored as originally entered, with effect as of the date of entry.

The issue before us is whether a lien pursuant to judgment relates back to the original date of recording after reversal of the order vacating that judgment. We…