Jess Arndell Construction v. Henderson

R. MOFFITT AND CRAIG L. SHANK,
TRUSTEES OF THE MOFFITT AND
SHANK LTD. PROFIT SHARING PLAN;
TACK NAKAMURA AND CORALEE
NAKA1VIURA, CO-TRUSTEES OF THE
TACK NAKAMURA FAMILY TRUST;
JOHN DOYLE; ALICEANN DOYLE;
CHARLES R DRAKE, TRUSTEE OF THE
C.R. DRAKE & SONS, INC., PROFIT
SHARING PLAN; JERRY KRACAW AND
DOROTHY KRACAW, CO-TRUSTEES OF
THE JERRY E. KRACAW FAMILY
TRUST; EDWIN W. BODILY AND IRMA
BETH BODILY, CO-TRUSTEES UNDER
THE BODILY LIVING TRUST
AGREEMENT; C.B. BROWN CO., INC., A
NEVADA CORPORATION; HARLAN
HILES; JOHN B. TALLMAN AND IRENE
TALLMAN, CO-TRUSTEES OF THE
JOHN B. TALLMAN FAMILY TRUST;
DONALD G. PETERS AND JESSELL J.
PETERS, TRUSTEES OF THE SPARE
TIME BOWLING CENTER, INC., PROFIT
SHARING PLAN; ESTHER P. SLAGLE,
TRUSTEE OF THE ESTHER SLAGLE
1990 TRUST; GEORGE N. DELONG AND
DANIELLE K. DELONG, TRUSTEES OF
THE GEORGE DELONG
CONSTRUCTION INC. PROFIT
SHARING PLAN; DANIEL R. HETRICK
AND GILBERTA L. HETRICK; BRUCE K.
KENT, TRUSTEE OF THE IRA H. KENT
FAMILY TRUST; BARBARA J. WILLARD;
STANFORD J. COWLEY AND JEANNE A.
COWLEY; FRED MILLER AND GAY
LYNN MILLER; DEBRA ODETTE,
TRUSTEE OF THE DEBRA ODETTE
TRUST; JUDY DELONG, AS TRUSTEE
OF DELONG RANCHES, INC.
RESTATED PROFIT SHARING PLAN;
JOSEPH GENE BAUM AND LOIS C.
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BAUM, TRUSTEES OF THE GENE AND
LOIS BAUM FAMILY TRUST;
CALIFORNIA NATIONAL BANK
CUSTODIAN FBO RONALD F.
SEMENKO; PAULINE JOAN HALL
FRIEDRICH AND JOHN TILTON
FRIEDRICH, TRUSTEES OF THE
PAULINE AND JOHN FRIEDRICH
TRUST; RICHARD A. GRAHAM AND
KATHLEEN E. GRAHAM; MARIE P.
YORK, TRUSTEE OF THE MARIE P.
YORK TRUST; DIAN WILLIS-PUTNAM,
TRUSTEE OF THE DIAN WILLIS TRUST;
ROLFE H. SCHWARTZ AND CATHERINE
T. SCHWARTZ; MICHAEL E.
RENCANZONE AND CHRISTINE
RENCANZONE; DONALD G. KRACAW
AND TERRI KRACAW, CO-TRUSTEES
OF THE DONALD G. KRACAW FAMILY
TRUST; KATHRYN E. NICHOLS,
TRUSTEE OF THE NICHOLS FAMILY
TRUST; JANICE E. SMITH; MARVIN B.
HETRICK AND LARAY S. HETRICK, CO-
TRUSTEE OF THE MARVIN B. HETRICK
FAMILY TRUST; BONNIE LOUISE BELL;
DONALD JONES AND ANN DARLENE
JONES, CO-TRUSTEES OF THE
DONALD AND ANN DARLENE JONES
TRUST; LESLIE L. BELANGER AND
VIRGINIA BELANGER, CO-TRUSTEES
OF THE LESLIE L. BELANGER AND
VIRGINIA BELANGER FAMILY TRUST;
MARTIN J. LARRANETA; DONALD G.
PETERS AND JESSELL J. PETERS, CO-
TRUSTEES OF THE PETERS FAMILY
TRUST; IRENE K. REEVES; TIMMONS F.
BENGOCHEA; GARY A. ECHEVARRIA
AND BRYN M. ECHEVARRIA, CO-
TRUSTEES FOR THE GARY AND BRYN
ECHEVARRIA FAMILY TRUST; ITALO G.
VALLE, TRUSTEE OF THE VALLE
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FAMILY TRUST; BARBARA J.
KINGSLEY; NORMAN L. QUIGLEY AND
NANCY QUIGLEY; DIANA
LECUMBERRY, TRUSTEE OF THE
DIANA LECUMBERRY TRUST;
CARLENE A. MENDIETA, TRUSTEE OF
THE CARLENE A. MENDIETA
REVOCABLE LIVING TRUST; WALLACE
R. BAUM, TRUSTEE OF THE RWB
TRUST; ELIZABETH M. STALEY,
TRUSTEE OF THE ELIZABETH M.
STALEY TRUST; WARNER WHIPPLE,
TRUSTEE OF THE WARNER WHIPPLE
FAMILY TRUST; ROBERT A. HEGUY
AND ELIZABETH A. MAW-HEGUY;
EVERETT DEAN GUSTIN AND LOIS L.
GUSTIN, TRUSTEES OF THE GUSTIN
FAMILY TRUST; STEVE DORSA; IRENE
JOY FULLENWIDER, AS SURVIVING
GRANTOR UNDER THE JACK
FULLENWIDER TRUST; JAMES T.
JOHNSON AND CAROL J. JOHNSON,
TRUSTEES OF THE JOHNSON FAMILY
TRUST; DIANA S. CHRISTISON;
WILLIAM A. DEAL AND AUDREY M.
DEAL, TRUSTEES OF THE DEAL JOINT
REVOCABLE TRUST AGREEMENT;
WESLEY R. WEEK; ELMER R. ENTYRE
AND MARY S. ENTYRE, TRUSTEES OF
THE ELMER AND MARY S. ENTYRE
TRUST; AND MARK COWLEY, JOINTLY
AND SEVERALLY ALL AS SUCCESSORS
IN INTEREST TO AND/OR ALTER EGOS
OF SUNSET BLUFFS, LLC,
Respondents.

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ORDER OF AFFIRMANCE

This is an appeal from a district court order dismissing a
breach of contract action. Second Judicial District Court, Washoe County;
Patrick Flanagan, Judge.
Respondents moved to dismiss appellant's action, arguing that
it was an attempt to circumvent an earlier district court action dismissing
appellant's claims under NRCP 41(e) with prejudice. The district court
granted the motion and dismissed appellant's action. On appeal,
appellant argues that NRCP 41(e)'s five-year deadline for bringing its
claims to trial had not run in the previous district court action because the
original property developer's bankruptcy proceeding included an
automatic stay, precluding appellant from bring its cause of action against
the developer to trial. Appellant did not appeal from the district court
order dismissing the prior complaint with prejudice under NRCP 41(e) and
did not challenge the district court's finding that the bankruptcy stay did
not apply to toll the time to bring its action to trial. Appellant therefore
may not now raise that challenge for the first time in this appeal. See,
e.g., Lighthouse v. Great W Land & Cattle Corp., 88 Nev. 55, 493 P.2d 296
(1972) (concluding that an appellant cannot challenge an earlier NRCP
41(e) dismissal in a subsequent action when the dismissal of the earlier
action was not appealed). Accordingly, we
ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED.

J.
ibbons Pickering
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cc: Hon. Patrick Flanagan, District Judge
Charles R. Kozak
Early Sullivan Wright Gizer & McRae, LLP
Washoe District Court Clerk

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