United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Town of Spirit

The plaintiff seeks to recover here upon the authority of Burke v. M., L. S. & W. R. Co. 83 Wis. 410, 53 N. W. 692, and Ætna Ins. Co. v. Aldrich, 38 Wis. 107. In neither of these cases, however, was the money paid in satisfaction of a judgment. We are cited to no cases and we find none where questions relating to the liability of parties which have been definitely settled and determined by a judgment and the judgment paid and satisfied, have been re-examined in a subsequent action between the same parties after the time for modifying or setting aside the judgment has expired.

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