Belnap v. Blain

MAUGHAN, Justice:

In this action plaintiffs sought to invoke the equitable powers of the court to foreclose their judgment lien on a parcel of real property, in which defendants asserted an interest. Defendants, Blains, were successors in interest to the judgment debtor, Michael E. Crowley. Defendant, American Savings, by assignment, succeeded to the rights of the beneficiaries under three separate trust deeds to the subject property, which were prior in time to the docketing of plaintiffs’ judgment.

Defendants moved for summary judgment on the ground that on the day plaintiffs’ judgment was…