U.S. Bank Of Washington V. Hursey

U.S. Bank of Washington appeals a summary judgment dismissing its foreclosure action against respondent Mary Ann Hursey on res judicata grounds. The bank judicially foreclosed a mortgage it held on property owned by P&B Services, Inc. (hereinafter P&B), and purchased the encumbered property at the execution sale. Hursey, a junior lienor, was not joined in the foreclosure action because an indexing error by the court clerk's office caused her lien not to appear in the court records.