In Re Joan Morton, Debtor. Joan Morton v. National Bank of New York City

U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · Decided 1989-01-24

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GEORGE C. PRATT, Circuit Judge: This appeal presents a question we first answered over fifty years ago, but which, because of our subsequent holdings and congress’s amendment of the bankruptcy code, requires further attention today: Does a judgment lien, normally valid under New York law for a period of ten years, remain enforceable after expiration of the ten-year period when d…

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