Shaw v. Eaves

All parties agree that the judgment of the general county court in the action instituted by Willie Carson is a valid, binding, final judgment. We are concerned here with its effect on the rights of the parties in the action instituted by Shaw in the superior court.(1) The superior court judge granted Willie Carson’s motion for judgment on the pleadings and entered judgment in the superior court-case that Willie Carson recover of plaintiff Shaw $35,000 on his coun terclaim, and that Louis Carson recover of plaintiff Shaw such sums, on his counterclaim, for damage to his automobile, “as a jury…