Gildea v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

Justice PARRISH,

opinion of the Court:

INTRODUCTION

+ T1 We are asked to determine whether filing an action to foreclose a judgment lien tolls the expiration of the underlying judgment. Appellant Bruce Gildea filed an action against Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., seeking to foreclose his judgment lien against property owned by Wells Fargo. While the foreclosure action was pending, the judgment lien expired and the district court dismissed the action. In requesting that we reverse the district court, Mr. Gildea asks us to either overturn our precedent holding that a foreclosure action does not toll the…