Legal Opinion
Stafford v. Yerge
California Court of Appeal
Decided November 23, 1954No. Civ. 20342PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFox, J.
Plaintiff appeals from a judgment of dismissal based on the doctrine of res judicata.
The issues presented by plaintiff’s third amended complaint are asserted to have been previously determined by the judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County in the case of Howard v. General Petroleum Corp. (hereinafter referred to as the Howard ease), which judgment was affirmed on appeal in 114 Cal.App.2d 91 [249 P.2d 585].
The facts in the Howard case were summarized by the District Court of Appeal in its opinion as follows (p. 92) : “Prior to 1926, plaintiffs, the owners of Lot 18, block 19 of…
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