Legal Opinion
Goeke v. Woods
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided September 25, 1989PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DROWOTA, Chief Justice.
In this case, husband third-party plaintiff recovered a judgment on a debt against his former wife, the third-party defendant. The Court of Appeals reversed and dismissed holding that the action was barred by the res judicata effect of the parties’ divorce proceedings. Other issues pertaining to the trial were pretermitted. We hold that the third-party complaint is not barred by res judicata and remand to the Court of Appeals for consideration of the pretermit-ted issues.
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This case arises out of the divorce of Gary and Linda Woods. In 1980 prior to their divorce,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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