Chapter 307. To permit the United States to be made a party defendant in a certain case
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Chap. 307: To permit the United States to be made a party defendant in a certain case. Chapter 307 45 Stat. 2325 1929-02-23 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-01-24 70 2 private 2325 Chapter 307.— An Act To permit the United States to be made a party defendant in a certain case. February 23, 1929. [[H.
R. 12809](/us/bill/70/hr/12809).] [[Private, No. 400](/us/pvtl/70/400).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the consentMrs. Cora W. Godfrey. United States made a party defendant in foreclosure suit by. of the United States be, and it is hereby, given to be named a party in any suit which is now or may hereafter be instituted in the courts of the State of South Carolina by Mrs. Cora W. Godfrey to foreclose the mortgage of W.
J. Wood, executed and delivered unto said Mrs. Cora W. Godfrey on January 30, 1920, to secure the note of W. J. Wood in the amount of $2,500 on the following real estate: All that certain lot of land in the city and county of Anderson, State of South Carolina, fronting one hundred and twenty feet, more or less, on East Benson Street and running back in parallel lines one hundred and eight feet, more or less, to lot now owned by Mrs. Holland and Horton and known as three hundred and fifteen East Benson Street, and is bounded on the north by Horton, east by Campbell, south by East Benson Street, and west by A.
W. Kay, and being part of the Pinckney Williams property conveyed to A. W. Kay by the heirs of the said Pinckney Williams, deceased, recorded in book AAAA, at page 174, R. M. C., office for Anderson County, South Carolina, and conveyed unto the said W. J. Wood by the said A. W. Kay by deed dated January 29, 1920, of record in the office of the clerk of court for Anderson County, South Carolina, in RRRRR, at page 4. Sec. 2. That in all suits or proceedings that may be instituted underService of process. this Act in which the United States has been made a party, the process of the court shall be served upon the United States district attorney for the western district of South Carolina, whose duty it shall be to appear and defend the interest of the United States in said real estate.
Sec. 3. After the entry of final judgment or decree by the court inGovernment lien discharged when sale is made. any suit or proceeding in which the United States has been made a party under the provisions of this Act pursuant to a finding in the court that a lien exists in favor of the United States the effect of any sale which may thereafter be made by writ of execution or otherwise under the terms of the said judgment or decree, shall be the same, as to the discharge from the property sold of liens and encumbrances, and otherwise howsoever, as shall be provided by the laws of the State of South Carolina in connection with such sales in the courts of that State and the lien of the United States upon such property shall be subject to discharge from said property by such sale in the same manner as may be provided by the laws of the State of South Carolina as to other liens of a similar nature and shall be relegated to the fund provided by such sale, subject only to such other liens and encumbrances as the court may find to be prior in lien thereto.
Sec. 4. That no judgment for costs shall be rendered against thePrior liens recognized. Payment of costs. United States in any suit or proceeding which may be instituted under the provisions of this Act, nor shall the United States be or become liable for the payment of the costs of any such suit or proceeding or any part thereof. Approved, February 23, 1929.
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