Garmon v. Boozer

Head, Justice.

“A judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction shall be conclusive between the same parties and their privies as to all matters put in issue,' or which under the rules of law might have been put in issue in the cause wherein the judgment was rendered, until such judgment shall be reversed or set aside.” Code, § 110-501.

The present petition alleges that the ecclesiastical forum of the church has determined that the defendants are no longer members of the conference or of the church. This action by the ecclesiastical forum was subsequent to the judgment in the former case, and…