Webb v. Perry

WADDILL, Commissioner.

The sole question presented on this appeal is whether the doctrine of res judicata was properly applied by the trial court.

During 1943, William Webb (appellant herein) purchased a certain 600-acre tract of land from Sam West. Shortly thereafter Webb brought an action against numerous persons who were occupying certain parts of the property he had purchased from West. The complaint stated that defendants were trespassing upon plaintiff’s property, cutting timber, and were asserting ownership to certain parts of the land. An adjudication of the legal rights of the parties…