Ravitch v. Stollman Poultry Farms, Inc.

The issue before this court is whether the referee, acting as a court, erred in granting the defendants’ motion to release in part a lis pendens for reasons other than those set forth by statute.

An action, pursuant to which this appeal arose, was instituted in August, 1963, for breach of contract on the part of various defendants arising from their purchase of certain real estate of the plaintiff. Money damages in the amount of $200,000 was the only relief sought under the original complaint. An attachment of the real estate was made at the commencement of the action but was released on May…