Johnson's Island, Inc. v. Board of Township Trustees

We agree with the Court of Appeals that the doctrine of res judicata supports the summary judgment entered for the appellees. It is fundamental that the principle of res judicata is quite universally known and accepted law. Such principle is that “a final judgment or decree rendered upon the merits, without fraud or collusion, by a court of competent jurisdiction is conclusive of rights, questions and facts in issue as to the parties and their privies, and is a complete bar to any subsequent action on the same claim or cause of action between the parties or those in privity with them.”…