Morris v. Wolfe

Plaintiff appeals from an entry of accelerated judgment for defendants raising several related issues, which are integrated to clarify what we find to be the following issue of first impression:

Can a judgment lien creditor, subsequent to the debt- or’s discharge in bankruptcy, maintain a state action to set aside an allegedly fraudulent conveyance of property to which the lien is attached?

The protracted factual background began when plaintiff received a workmen’s compensation award of $12,524.04 on January 28, 1963. The award was affirmed by the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board in August,…