Wright v. Holt

BALEY, Judge.

The plaintiff assigns as error the failure of the court below to admit into evidence the record of another case brought by the husband of the plaintiff against the defendant for personal injuries and property damage arising out of the same accident upon which the present case is based. She contends that the issue of negligence had already been determined on the prior case and that only the issue of damages should have been submitted in her case.

Plaintiff was not a party to the prior action. She is not bound by the judgment entered in that action. Since estoppel by judgment must…