Graber v. Iowa District Court for Washington County

NEUMAN, Justice.

In this original certiorari action brought in accordance with Iowa Rule of Civil Procedure 306, the plaintiffs attack the legality of an order nunc pro tunc entered by the district court in a mortgage foreclosure action. The issue is whether the district court had jurisdiction to amend its final judgment after the time for posttrial motions and appeal had expired. We conclude that it did not and sustain the writ.

I. Background Facts and Proceedings.

The mortgage foreclosure action which is the primary focus of these proceedings was just one of three suits pending between…