Legal Opinion

Lachman v. Walker

Nevada Supreme Court

Decided October 15, 1880No. 981PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of the Second Judicial District, Washoe County. The facts are stated in the opinion, I. The lien of a judgment never attaches on a homestead claim. Upon a conveyance thereof, the purchaser takes the land, clear of any judgment lien, docketed whilst the homestead claimant was occupying it.

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Appeal from the District Court of the Second Judicial District, Washoe County. The facts are stated in the opinion, I. The lien of a judgment never attaches on a homestead claim. Upon a conveyance thereof, the purchaser takes the land, clear of any judgment lien, docketed whilst the homestead claimant was occupying it. (Green v. filarles, 25 111. 225; Bliss v. Glarlc, 39 Id. 590; Wiggins v. Chance, 54 Id. 175; Civil Practice Act, 206; Ackley v. Chamberlain, 16 Cal. 183; Boioman v. Norton, Id. 220; Houghton v. Lee, 50 Id. 101.) II. Compliance with the act of 1865 is not a condition precedent…

1Opinion of the Court

By the Court,

Leonard, J.:

Plaintiffs instituted this'action to enjoin defendant, sheriff of Washoe county, from selling certain real property under an execution issued out of the district court, in Washoe county, upon a judgment recovered in said court, September 27, 1878, in favor of G. Binaldo, and against Patrick McCarran, for the sum of five hundred and forty-four dollars, besides interest and costs.

Prior to January 7, 1879, for more than four years, Mc-Carran and wife occupied and claimed the property as a homestead, but neither one nor both selected the premises as a homestead, according…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Hawthorne v. SmithNevada Supreme Court · 1867
  2. Cohen v. DavisCalifornia Supreme Court · 1862

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. In Re StantonUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Nevada · 2011
  2. Myers v. MatleyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1942
  3. Smith v. RichardsIdaho Supreme Court · 1889
  4. I. H. Kent Company and First National Bank of Nevada v. Harry A. Busscher, Trustee in Bankruptcy of the Estate of Boyce H. MillerCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1960
  5. McGill v. LewisNevada Supreme Court · 1941

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