Federal Land Bank v. United States

Herlihy, J. P.

The United States of America appeals from an order of the County Court of Greene County, which, in confirming the Referee’s report in the surplus money proceeding, declined to accord priority to -appellant’s judgment lien in the distribution of surplus moneys incident to the mortgage foreclosure sale of certain real property owned by the judgment debtor, Bertha Martinelli. The judgment asserted by the appellant was docketed prior in time to those of the other lienors on March 29, 1949. The foreclosure sale of the judgment debtor’s property was held November 30, 1958 and the…