Section 2.19 Priority Between Judgment Creditors

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2. (§2.19) Priority Between Judgment Creditors

As between judgment creditors, it is not the date of the execution or the delivery of the execution to the officer but the date of levy that gives priority of lien. It is the officer's act in levying on the judgment debtor's personal property that creates a lien in favor of one of the judgment creditors. Field v. Milburn, 9 Mo. 492 (1845). After the levy has been made, no one claiming under the judgment...