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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NEVADA (0) [947A 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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NEVADA (0) 194/A 43423(fio 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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NEVADA (0) I 947A e 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.

J. ibbons Pickering SUPREME COURT

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NEVADA (0) 1947A cep cc: Hon. Patrick Flanagan, District Judge Charles R. Kozak

Early Sullivan Wright Gizer & McRae, LLP Washoe District Court Clerk

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