King v. Hill

Two separate suits against the appellee, George W. Hill, were consolidated hy the court below for the purpose of passing upon the defendant’s plea of res judicata in each case. The chancellor sustained the plea in both cases and dismissed the complaints without a trial on the merits. The plaintiffs in each suit have appealed.

In one of the complaints Thomas W. Morgan and his wife assert that they own two lots in Jefferson county, that Hill owns the property lying north of the plaintiffs ’ lots, and that Hill is encroaching on the Morgans’ land by maintaining thereon a butane gas tank and a…