Pfeifer v. Sheehan

MISER, C.

This is an action by respondent against appellants to recover $500 claimed to have been deposited in appellant bank by appellant Sheehan as earnest money on a contract to purchase a harness stock from respondent. In their answer, appellants alleged, among other defenses, that respondent had previously brought suit against appellant Sheehan for damages growing out of a breach of the same contract; that a trial had been had on the merits, and respondent had recovered damages in the former action, and thereby all rights of the parties had been adjudicated. In the case at bar, a trial…