Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. v. Johnston

OPINION

CHÁVEZ, Justice.

{1} This case requires us once again to examine traditional rules of jurisdiction and standing in the context of modern mortgage foreclosure actions. In Bank of New York v. Romero, 2014-NMSC-007, ¶¶ 19-38, 320 P.3d 1, we concluded that the plaintiff did not establish standing to foreclose on the defendant’s home when it could not prove that it had the right to enforce the promissory note on the mortgage at the time it filed suit. See NMSA 1978, § 55-3-301 (1992) (defining “ ‘[pjerson entitled to enforce’ [a negotiable] instrument”). In the present case, Petitioner…