Purification Systems, Inc. v. Mastan Co., Inc.

Plaintiff appeals of right from a judgment in the circuit court dismissing its complaint and granting defendant’s motion for an accelerated judgment.

The first issue presented is whether plaintiffs asserted right to recovery is controlled by a prior adjudication, thus barring this claim under the rule of res judicata.

A brief recapitulation of the salient facts involved in the prior action is requisite to a proper understanding of the case at bar. The first action between the present parties was commenced on March 16, 1966, when plaintiff, then operating under the name of CAC, Inc., filed a…