Estate of Knott ex rel. Knott v. Jones

Lawson Cloninger, Judge.

Appellant’s statement of the issue can perhaps best be reduced to a single contention: the chancellor erred in granting summary judgment on the basis of res judicata. We do not agree, and we affirm the lower court’s holding.

In his capacity as administrator of the Estate of Dave Knott, appellant filed an action in Jefferson County Chancery Court to quiet title to 14.6 acres of land. Jefferson County Circuit Court, in a previous ejectment action, had held that appellee was the owner and entitled to the possession of the land in question. The chancellor dismissed…