Johnson v. Huntington Moving & Storage, Inc.

Miller, Justice:

These three cases from the Circuit Court of Cabell County have been consolidated for purposes of appeal. The first two cases represent unsuccessful attempts to collect on a judgment obtained in the State of Ohio. Their dismissal was occasioned by the trial court’s concluding they were brought against the wrong defendant. The third suit was dismissed on the basis that the dismissals of the two prior actions were res judicata. We reverse all three orders of dismissal.

On May 19, 1975, the plaintiff Johnson obtained a judgment of $2,728.17, in the Franklin County Municipal Court…