Kulczyk v. Tioga Ready Mix Co.

VandeWalle, Chief Justice.

[¶1] William and Rhonda Kulczyk appealed a district court judgment dismissing their complaint seeking to foreclose a mortgage against Tioga Ready Mix Co. The court held res judicata barred the Kulczyks’ foreclosure action on the basis of previous litigation between the parties. We reverse and remand, concluding res judica-ta does not bar the Kulczyks’ foreclosure action against Tioga Ready Mix.

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[¶2] William and Rhonda Kulczyk sold Tioga Ready Mix, a ready-mix concrete plant, to Bernard Vculek in December 2011. Under the terms of the sale from the Kulczyks to Vculek,…