South Carolina § 58-15-920 - Lien of judgments for certain injuries.
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§ 58-15-920. Lien of judgments for certain injuries.
Whenever a cause of action shall arise against any railroad or street railway corporation in favor of any person for personal injury or injury to property sustained by any person or in favor of any municipal corporation for any injuries to any of the streets or highways of such municipal corporation and such cause of action shall be prosecuted to judgment by the person injured, his legal representatives or such municipal corporation the judgment shall relate back to the date when the cause of action arose and shall be a lien as of that date upon the income, property and franchise of such corporation, enforceable in any court of competent jurisdiction by attachment or levy and sale under execution, and shall take precedence and priority of payment of any mortgage, deed of trust or other security given to secure the payment of bonds made by such railroad or street railway company if such action shall have been commenced within two years from the time that the injury was sustained.
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 58-744; 1952 Code SECTION 58-744; 1942 Code SECTION 8376; 1932 Code SECTION 8376; Civ. C. '22 SECTION 4924; Civ. C. '12 SECTION 3229; Civ. C. '02 SECTION 2138; G. S. 1528; R. S. 1691; 1897 (22) 415; 1930 (36) 1363.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 58-15-920 ("Lien of judgments for certain injuries.") is part of the South Carolina Code of Laws, the codified statutory law of South Carolina. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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