Sherwood v. Cornfield

Plaintiffs, who had been given a money judgment against defendant following trial of a declaratory relief action, caused property to be seized by the Sheriff of Los Angeles County under a writ of execution to satisfy that judgment. Pursuant to sections 519, 549 and 689 of the Code of Civil Procedure, defendant’s wife filed claims of ownership by third person with respect to a certain portion of the property. In addition, both she and defendant filed claims of ownership with respect to another portion of the property, vis., two bank accounts listing both of them as “trustees.” The husband thus…