Platts v. Pac. Fed. Sav.

Equitable relief similar to that accorded the holder of a mortgage against which the statute of limitations has run (i.e., title will not be quieted in the mortgagor unless the debt is paid, though the mortgage could not be affirmatively enforced) is denied respondent Marine Trust Company of Buffalo, holder of a judgment against which the statute of limitations has run, on two premises, first, that the judgment lien was not voluntarily imposed, and second, by inference or implication that the mortgage lien continues, while the judgment lien does not.

A judgment, with greater finality than a…