Liberty Nat. Bank of Roanoke v. Bear
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OP APPEALS POR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT. Certiorari to a decree of the Circuit Court of Appeals which reversed a decree of the District Court allowing the claims of the above named bank, as secured claims, in bankruptcy.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sanford
This case, which arises in proceedings in bankruptcy, involves claims by a judgment creditor to liens upon the real estate of the bankrupts.
On July 20, 1920, the Liberty National Bank recovered a judgment in a Virginia court against the Roanoke Provision Co., a partnership composed of the two Beckers, and against the Beckers individually. This judgment — ■ which was duly docketed in the Judgment Lien Book and on which execution was issued — was under the laws of Virginia a lien upon the real estate of the judgment debtors. Code of 1919, § 6470.
Thereafter, on August 6, an involuntary petition…
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