Washburn v. Washburn

The judge was undoubtedly prompted to enter his judgment by quotations from various texts appearing in the opinion in Edmonds v. Wood, 222 N.C. 118, 22 S.E. 2d 237. These quotations state, in substance, that a partition purchaser takes title to real property free of judgment liens against the interest of one of the co-owners and that such judgment liens are transferred to the judgment debtor’s share of the proceeds of the partition sale, even though the judgment creditors, are not parties to the proceeding for partition.

A scrutiny of the texts cited reveals that the statements embodied in the…