Venable v. Gresham

Hall, Judge.

In support of his motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, the defendant argues that in a former bail trover action between the parties there were adjudicated in his favor exactly the same issues as those in the case at bar. The judgment in the bail trover case was the ground of a plea of res judicata filed by the defendant in the present case, and the pleadings and judgment in the bail trover case were introduced in evidence. This evidence shows that the plaintiff filed an answer and plea to the defendant’s former bail trover suit, in which the plaintiff admitted the…