Refco, Inc. v. Heinold Commodities, Inc.

Robert H. Dudley, Justice.

The creditor-plaintiff filed a foreclosure action against the debtors and named as additional defendants some other creditors who might have held inferior liens. One of the other creditors, Refco, appeals the trial court ruling that its judgment lien had expired. We affirm.

On February 27,1984, appellant Refco obtained a judgment in a separate action in federal district court against one of the debtor-defendants who also was the titleholder of the Benton County real estate being foreclosed in this action. On November 28, 1984, the judgment was recorded in the Benton…