Dearden v. Hey

The plaintiff brought this action of tort in the District Court to recover for his personal injuries, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant resulting in an automobile collision on July 10, 1937. The defendant’s answer, by amendment, contains a plea of res judicata. It was agreed that the negligence of the defend*660ant had been established in a prior suit between the same parties for property damage resulting from the same automobile collision, and that execution “issuing therefrom had been satisfied in full.” The trial judge found for the defendant. The plaintiff’s…