Karlberg v. Otten

¶1 This appeal arises from two successive judgments quieting title. In his first action, plaintiff Gary Karlberg sought and obtained a judgment placing the new boundary line between his property and defendant Steven Otten’s about halfway between the surveyed line and an old fence. In his second action, he sought and obtained a judgment establishing the fence as the boundary line. Concluding that res judicata barred the splitting of the claim, we reverse the second judgment and leave the boundary line as established by the first judgment.

FACTS

¶2 According to unchallenged findings of fact…