Lynch v. Collings

REED, District Judge.

The reply to the answer so set up by the plaintiff, thus demurred to by the defendants, raises one of the most difficult questions arising in the courts, and a great deal of discussion has arisen as to what judgment may be properly pleaded as a bar to an action, and how far and to what extent such judgments may be avoided in a collateral proceeding. The defendants herein claim that the adjudication and judgment in the first action estops plaintiff from bringing this action, while the plaintiff sets forth in her affirmative reply facts which she claims would render the…