Legal Opinion
C. L. Pierce & Co. v. Security Trust Co.
Superior Court of Delaware
Decided June 30, 1934No. 114PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Layton, C. J.,
delivering the opinion of the Court:
The question is whether the holders of the judgments obtained in mechanics’ lien proceedings may share in the distribution of the fund upon the theory that the value of the building is severable from the value of the land upon which it was erected.
Section 4282, Revised Code 1915, provides that,
“A judgment shall hind lands only from the time of actually entering, or signing it. * * *”
Section 3764 directs the Prothonotary to set down on the docket, “The day, month, and year of actually entering or signing” a judgment; and, with respect to…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Payne v. . WilsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
- Toledo, Delphos & Burlington Railroad v. HamiltonSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- National Bank v. DanforthSupreme Court of Georgia · 1888
- Inverarity v. StowellOregon Supreme Court · 1882
- State Trust Co. v. MorrisonTexas Commission of Appeals · 1926
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3Cited by1 opinion
- J. I. Kislak Mortgage Corp. v. William Matthews Builder, Inc.Superior Court of Delaware · 1972