Patricia J. Hanley and Judy Hanley v. Four Corners Vacation Properties, Inc.

PICKETT, Circuit Judge.

The Hanleys seek relief from a state court judgment foreclosing their rights to real property, which judgment they claim is void under the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the federal Constitution. The basis for the claim is that the Hanleys were not served in a mechanic’s lien foreclosure action through which the appellee’s predecessor in interest obtained title. One of the defenses to the complaint filed herein was that the due process issue was fully litigated in a subsequent suit to quiet title culminating in a judgment disallowing the Hanley claim…