Staggs v. Vaughn

The sole question involved is whether or not the proceedings before the Justice of the Peace constituted a former adjudication of this same case barring the present action of the plaintiff, Albert Yaughn. The Circuit Judge overruled the plea of former adjudication and the case was tried before a jury resulting in a verdict for this plaintiff, Yaughn, and against the defendant below, Staggs, for $2,500.

The Court of Appeals reversed and dismissed Vaughn’s suit and held that the trial judge should have sustained Stagg’s plea of former adjudication.

The plaintiff below, Vaughn, was involved in an…