Wind Mountain Ranch, LLC v. City of Temple

In this case, we decide whether Wind Mountain Ranch’s foreclosure of its deed-of-trust lien was barred by limitations. Texas registration law allows debtors and creditors to suspend limitations, but requires that extension agreements be recorded. Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem.Code § 16.037. Today’s question is whether a bankruptcy order enforcing a Chapter 11 restructuring plan is a debtor-creditor extension agreement under the terms of the statute. We answer “no” — a bankruptcy order is not subject to section 16.037’s recording requirements. We reverse the court of appeals’ judgment and, without…