Elder v. New York & Pennsylvania Motor Express, Inc.

The decision upon this appeal turns upon the application of the doctrine of res judicata.

Three actions at law have been the outgrowth of a collision between two motor trucks — one owned by the United States Trucking Corporation, the other by the present defendant, New York and Pennsylvania Motor Express, Inc. The first two actions were by the owner corporations against each other. Each owner demanded property damages alleged to have resulted from the collision; each alleged freedom from negligence by the driver of its own vehicle and each charged tñat the property damage which it sustained…