Christopher And Suzanne Guest, V David And Karen Lange

¶1 This case asks us to determine whether filing a supersedeas bond prevents the cancella tion of a notice of lis pendens after final judgment in the trial court. The trial court entered judgment against Christopher and Suzanne Guest in a property dispute and accepted the Guests’ supersedeas bond to stay enforcement of the judgment pending appeal. The trial court then canceled a notice of lis pendens that the Guests had filed on David and Karen Lange’s property. The Guests argue that the trial court lacked the authority to cancel the lis pendens because they had filed a supersedeas bond. The…