Opinion ID: 3172235
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: May reduce a claim to judgment, foreclose, or otherwise enforce the claim, security interest, or agricultural lien by any available judicial procedure;

Text: “3. The rights under subsections 1 and 2 are cumulative and may be exercised simultaneously.” Under this provision, a creditor may obtain a money judgment on the debt and foreclose on collateral in one or more proceedings so long as there is no double recovery. See Production Credit Ass’n v. Obrigewitch , 443 N.W.2d 923, 926 (N.D. 1989). [¶26] Second, “the doctrine of res judicata claim preclusion is premised upon the prohibition against splitting a cause of action,” which means a party may not split a single cause of action “and maintain several lawsuits for different parts of the action.” Lucas v. Porter , 2008 ND 160, ¶ 10, 755 N.W.2d 88. Johnston’s argument ignores that the SURE payment was received by G & K after judgment was entered in the federal court action. We agree with the district court that “there can be no rational argument that the cause of action was split.” We conclude Johnston’s argument is without merit.