Legal Opinion
Farmers & Mechanics Savings Bank v. Garofalo
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided July 30, 1991No. 14236PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, C. J.
The principal issue in this appeal is whether, under General Statutes § 52-285,1 an attachment lien on real property accrues and becomes effective as of the date it is signed by the issuing authority or as of the date it is lodged in the town clerk’s office. In a foreclosure action brought by the plaintiff, Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank, the proceeds of the sale of property in East Hampton owned by the named defendant, Vincent A. Garofalo III, generated insufficient funds to pay remaining junior lienholders in full. The trial court determined that the claim of the defendant Lyon and…
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