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!.8WMdd8     _  WM8XXdd8  @ VWMINTHECOURTOFAPPEALSOFTENNESSEE  @WW$ATKNOXVILLE#WMV #Ԉ &   June8,2004Session L XXWM #WMXX#CONSOLIDATEDPIPE&SUPPLYCOMPANY,INC.v.DEERPATH J VACATIONS,L.P.,etal.XXWM   ^ @@ AppealfromtheChanceryCourtfor_Sevier_ԀCounty  ^ @@No.0212562_Telford_ԀE._Forgety_,Jr.,Chancellor  J @@*AV) ` dE<` A   @@TTNo.E200302787_COA_ԄR3CVFILEDSEPTEMBER27,_2004_Ԁ   AV) ` dE<` A      XXXXConsolidatedPipe&SupplyCompany,Inc.( the_Lienor_)contractedwithStetson&Associatesof  Tennessee,Inc.( theDebtor)tofurnishpipeinconnectionwiththeDebtorsconstructionactivities x onasubdivisionbeingdevelopedbyDeerPathVacations,Inc.( theOwner).TheDebtorfailed d topayforthepipefurnishedbythe_Lienor_.Subsequently,theDebtorandtheOwnerfiledseparate P petitionsinbankruptcycourtseekingreliefundertheBankruptcyCode( theCode).The_Lienor_ < servednoticeofitslienclaimontheOwner.Thereafter,the_Lienor_Ԁfiledsuitonitslienclaimagainst (x theOwnerandFirstTennesseeBankNationalAssociationandJ.MichaelWinchester,Trustee d (collectively theBank).TheBankmovedtodismissthe_Lienor_ssuitonthebasisthatthesuitwas P nottimelyfiled.Thetrialcourtdismissedthe_Lienor_scomplaint,findingthatthe_Lienor_Ԁ _fail[ed_] < totimelyenforce[its]lien.The_Lienor_Ԁappeals.Weaffirm.#XXXXf##WMXX#XXWM ( Z Tenn.R.App.P.3AppealasofRight#WMXX #XXWM;JudgmentoftheChanceryCourt  Affirmed;CaseRemanded     #WMX #XX.WMCharlesD.Susano,Jr.,J.,deliveredtheopinionofthecourt,inwhichHerschelP.Franks,_P.J._, t  andWilliamH._Inman_,_Sr.J._#WMX #XX.WM,joined. `!  JohnA.Walker,Jr.,Knoxville,Tennessee,fortheappellant,ConsolidatedPipe&SupplyCompany, 8#" Inc.#WMXX#XXWM $$t# JohnC.Speer,TimothyF._Zitzman_,andEricaTaylorGreene,Memphis,Tennessee,forthe %L!% appellees,FirstTennesseeBankNationalAssociationandJ.MichaelWinchester,Trustee.#WMXX#XXWM &8"&   OPINION #WMXX/#XXWM ($( #WMXX#XXWM   *%* _  I.  V  OnSeptember6,2002,theLienor#WMXX#XXWMserveditsnoticeoflienontheOwnerpursuanttoTenn.  CodeAnn.6611115(1993).o #  1      ׀Threedayslater,onSeptember9,2002,theLienorfileditsnotice t oflienintheRegisterofDeedsOffice.OnDecember9,2002,theLienorfiledacomplaintonits ` lieninthetrialcourt.Ascanbeseen,suitwasfiled94daysafterserviceofthenoticeoflienonthe L  Owner. 8    AfterthenoticeoflienwasservedontheOwnerandwaslaterfiledforrecordation,but  ` beforetheLienorfileditscomplaint,theOwnerandtheDebtor,onOctober17,2002,filedtheir  L  petitionsinbankruptcy,triggeringtheautomaticstayprovisionsoftheCode.See11U.S.C.362.  8  ThetwopetitionswereadministrativelyconsolidatedonNovember15,2002.TheLienorfileda $  motioninthebankruptcycourtonJanuary8,2003,askingthecourttomodifythestaysothatit   might proceedwithitssuittoproveitsaccountandtoproveandperfectitslienclaimagainst[the   Owner].OnFebruary6,2003,theLienorsoughtawritofattachmentinthetrialcourt.The   bankruptcycourtgrantedtheLienorsmotionforreliefonFebruary12,2003,decreeingthatthe   Lienorwasentitledtorelieffromtheautomaticstay totheextentnecessarytotaketheactionor p actionsrequiredbyTennesseestatutetocontinuetheperfectionprocessforamaterialmenslienin \ SevierCountyChanceryCourt. H   OnJune12,2003,theBankfiledamotioninthetrialcourt,seekingtodismisstheLienors  p complaint.TheBankcontendsthattheLienorisnotentitledtoalienontheOwnersproperty  \ because,sotheargumentgoes,theLienorfailedtofileitscomplaintwithinthe90dayperiod H describedinTenn.CodeAnn.6611115(c).TheLienorarguesthattheautomaticstayprovisions  oftheCodeprecludeditfromcomplyingwiththe90dayperiod.Thetrialcourtenteredanorder  ofdismissalonNovember5,2003,findingthattheLienor fail[ed]totimelyenforce[its]lien.The  Lienorappeals. t @)II. L    ThesingularissueinthiscaseiswhethertheLienortimelyfileditscomplaintonitslienin $ t thetrialcourt.Thisissuepresentsaquestionoflaw.Accordingly,ourreviewisundertaken under  ` apuredenovostandardofreview,accordingnodeferencetotheconclusionsoflawmadebythe  L  lowercourt[]. SouthernConstructors,Inc.v.LoudonCountyBd.ofEduc. ,58S.W.3d706,710  8  (Tenn.2001). $  @vv(III.   #WMXX#XXWM  Tenn.CodeAnn.6611115(c)providesthatTXXXXtheliengrantedinsubsection(a)ofthestatute    shallcontinuefortheperiodofninety(90)daysfromthedateofthenoticeinfavorofsuch... p furnisher...anduntilthefinalterminationofanysuitforenforcementbroughtwithinthatperiod.#XXXTX# \ #WMXX#XXWMTheLienorfileditscomplaint94daysfromandafterserviceofthenoticeoflienontheOwner.The H Lienorseemstosuggest,withnocitationofauthority,thatthe90dayperiodstartstorun,notfrom 4 theserviceofthenoticeoflienontheOwner,butratherfromthefilingforrecordationofthesworn  p statementpursuanttoTenn.CodeAnn.6611117(1993).d #  2      ׀Wedisagreewiththis suggestion.  \ Theapplicable90dayperiodisstatedasbeing fromthedateofthenotice.SeeTenn.CodeAnn. H 6611115(c)(emphasisadded).Thatprovisioncomesimmediatelyaftertheprovisiondealing 4 withtheobligationofthefurnisherto notify,inwriting,theowneroftheproperty.SeeTenn.   CodeAnn.6611115(b).#WMXX #XXWMSubsection(c)ofthestatutemustbereadinparamateriawiththe   statutessubsectionthatimmediatelyprecedesit.Theinescapableconclusionisthatthe90day  periodrunsfromthedateofserviceofthenoticeontheownerofthepropertyandnotfromthedate  offilingalludedtoinTenn.CodeAnn.6611117.Accordingly,werejecttheLienorsposition  thatsuitfiled94daysafterserviceofthenoticeoflienontheOwnersatisfiestheprovisionsofTenn.  CodeAnn.6611115(c).As enforcementofamechanicsandmaterialmanslienisastatutory t rightand#WMXX$#XXWMstrictcompliancewith[Tenn.CodeAnn.6611115]isrequired,failuretoinstitutea ` suitwithinthestatutory90dayperiodrendersthelienvoid. EatherlyConstr.Co.v.DeBoer L  Constr.,Inc. ,543S.W.2d333,33435(Tenn.1976). 8  @ll)IV.  `   Despitetheuntimelyfilingofitssuit,theLienorseekstosalvageitsclaimbyfindingsolace  8  andreliefinthepetitioninbankruptcyfiledbytheOwner.Specifically,theLienorclaimsthatthe $  Code,particularlyitsautomaticstayprovisions,authorizesittocontinuethepursuitofitslienrights.   TheLienorcontendsthattheOwnersbankruptcypetitiontriggeredtheautomaticstayprovisions   oftheCodesetforthin11U.S.C.362(a).e #  3      ׀Consequently,accordingtotheLienor,the90daytime   periodwastolledpursuanttothepertinentprovisionsof11U.S.C.108.q8  #  4      ׀      `     h      p     #WMXX(#XXWM  TheBankproffersseveralargumentstocountertheLienorsattempttousetheCodeto \ validateitslien.First,theBankcontendsthatthefilingofacomplaintonalienispartofthe H perfectionprocessandnotanenforcementaction.Consequently,sotheargumentgoes,the 4 automaticstayprovisionsoftheCodedonotapplytotheLienorscomplaintasitwasexceptedfrom  p thestayasan act...tomaintainorcontinuetheperfectionof,aninterestinpropertypursuantto  11U.S.C.362(b)(3).x #  5      ׀Inthealternative,theBankmaintains(1)thatifthefilingofthecomplaint  beviewedasaviolationoftheautomaticstay,thelienisvoidbecause,accordingtotheBank,an  actiontakeninviolationofthestayisvoid;(2)thattheLienorfailedtofurnishnoticetothe t bankruptcycourtasrequiredby11U.S.C.546(b);s  #  6      ׀and(3)thattheLienorfailedtorefileitsstate ` courtclaimwithin30daysoftheorderofthebankruptcycourtgrantingitrelieffromthestay,as L  requiredby11U.S.C.108(c). 8  #WMXX-#  XXWMTobuttressitsclaimthatthe90daytimeperiodwastolledundertheCode,theLienorcites  ` theautomaticstayprovisioncontainedin11U.S.C.362(a)(4),whichextendsthestayto anyact  L  tocreate,perfect,orenforceanylienagainstpropertyoftheestate.TheLienorcharacterizesthe  complaintasanenforcementactionstayedunder362(a)(4),whichsubsequentlytriggersthetime  extensionprovisionsoftheCodeunder11U.S.C.108(c).A  A  A  TheLienorcontendsthat,oncethe  Ownerfileditsbankruptcypetition,theLienorcouldnothaveenforceditslienwithoutviolatingthe t automaticstay.Insupportofthiscontention,theLienorreliesuponthedistinctionbetween ` perfectingalienandenforcingalien,arguingthatthenoticeoflienservedonanowneractsto L  perfectthelien,whilethefilingofthecomplaintandthesecuringofawritofattachmentconstitute 8  enforcementofthelien,which,bythelanguageof11U.S.C.362(a)(4),isstayedbytheCode. $ t @)V.  L    Ascanbeseen,agoodportionofthepartiesargumentrevolvesaroundthe perfection $  versus enforcementdichotomy.Whilethisisanimportantissue,wedonotbelieveitisonethat   isimplicatedbythefactsofthiscase.If,astheLienorargues,thefilingofsuitonalienin   Tennesseeisanenforcementactionandthussubjecttothebaroftheautomaticstay,theliftingof   thestaywouldonlybelegallysignificantwithrespecttoasuitfiledafterthestaywaslifted.No   suchnewsuitwasfiledinthecaseatbar.WeareunawareofanyauthoritysupportingtheLienors p argumentthattheliftingofthestaycan breathenewlifeintoalawsuitfiledinviolationofthestay \ andbeforeitwaslifted.Itisclearthatalienlawsuitfiledincontraventionoftheautomaticstayis H voidundertheCode. Easleyv.PettiboneMichiganCorp .,990F.2d905,911(6thCir.1993). 4 ThosecaseswhichusetheCodetoextendthetimeforfilingsuitwherenosuitwasfiledbeforethe  p staywasliftedW #  7      ׀areofnoprecedentialvaluewhere,ashere,nosuitwasfiledafterthestaywaslifted.  \   If,ontheotherhand,theLienorssuitisapartoftheperfectionprocessandthusexcepted 4 fromtheautomaticstay!asarguedbytheBank!weareleftwithasuitthatwasnottimelyfiled   andalienthatisvoidunderstatelaw.See Eatherly ,543S.W.2dat33435.     Ineitherevent!bethesuitoneforperfectionofalienoroneforenforcement!thelienis  voidunderstatelaw.ThebankruptcyfilingandtheprovisionsoftheCodedonotchangethis.  @ll)VI. X    Inviewofourholdingintheprecedingsectionofthisopinion,wedonotfinditnecessary 0"  toaddresstheremainingargumentsprofferedbytheparties,namelywhetherthisactionfallswithin #l! therubricofanenforcementactionstayedundertheCodeoranactiontocontinueormaintainthe $X" perfectionofaninterest,whichisexceptedfromtheautomaticstayprovisions.Forthesamereason, $D # wedeclinetodiscussthenoticerequirementunder11U.S.C.546. %0!$   '#& @MM(VII.    Thejudgmentofthetrialcourtisaffirmed.Costsonappealaretaxedtotheappellant,  ConsolidatedPipe&SupplyCo.,Inc.Thecaseisremandedtothetrialcourtforcollectionofcosts t assessedbelow,pursuanttoapplicablelaw.   ` TXXXX   `     h     _______________________________ $ t    `     h     CHARLESD.SUSANO,JR.,JUDGE#XXXTXE#TXXXX  ` #T EXTX3#TXXT E   #T EXTX=G##WMT EF#