Osborn v. Manning

MACY, Justice.

Appellant Richard B. Osborn filed suit against Appellee Clarice Lyle Manning, seeking recovery of costs incurred in the construction and maintenance of a partition fence. The district court determined that, under the doctrine of res judicata, Appellant was precluded from asserting his claim because of this Court’s decision in Osborn v. Manning, 685 P.2d 1121 (Wyo.1984), and dismissed Appellant’s suit.

We reverse and remand.

The dispositive issue is whether this Court’s decision in Osborn, 685 P.2d 1121, which affirmed the district court’s dismissal of Appellant’s claim for…