Holcomb v. Brown

MOORE, Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment. Plaintiff, Jane Holcomb Brown, sued defendant, W. H. Holcomb, Jr., her ex-husband, for the sum of $3,009.73 alleging such sum to be due her because of his failure to discharge a debt against certain real estate as ordered in a previous divorce decree in Cause No. 13,882. Defendant answered with a plea in bar, alleging that her suit was barred by the doctrine of res judicata by reason of a subsequent judgment in Cause No. 9157 involving the same facts which resulted in a judgment denying her any relief upon her $3,009.73 claim. It is…