Troutman v. Erlandson

This is an action at law (Clackamas County Circuit Court Case No. 94099, hereinafter called the "second case”) filed October 24, 1975, for damages for alleged common law fraud. The trial court held for defendant upon a plea of res judicata. We affirm the judgment.

Before proceeding to the merits we take the rather unusual step of discussing the procedural path of this case in this court to make understandable to the litigants and the bench and bar the lapse of time between original oral argument herein and decision. The cause was first argued on September 13, 1977, before a department of this…