Legal Opinion
Ansara v. Regan
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided September 14, 1931PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWait, J.
It has become the practice of our law that the same subject matter shall not be litigated twice between the same parties. When they resort to the courts for the determination of a right, they must abide by the result of the legal proceedings. If, by their agreement after litigation has been entered upon, they put the result in the form of a judgment in the proceeding, they thenceforth are as much bound by the legal effect of the judgment as if it were the outcome which a court would have reached had the issues disclosed by the pleadings been fully tried and decided. In any subsequent dispute…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Hood v. AdamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1878
- Draper v. MannMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1875
- Beserosky v. MasonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
- Biggio v. MageeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1930
- Farnum v. BradyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Sandler v. SilkMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
- Staples v. CollinsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1947
- Thayer Co. v. BinnallMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1950
- Perry v. OliverMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1945
- Macheras v. SyrmopoulosMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
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