Slater v. Shell Oil Co.

Plaintiff sued in ejectment to enforce the removal of defendant’s pipe line from the property of plaintiff, and for damages for the use and occupation of the land. The defendant answered and pleaded two separate defenses—that a former action between the same parties and upon the same subject matter bars this action, and that all damages for the use and occupation of plaintiff’s land having been paid for by the satisfaction of the former judgment, plaintiff is barred from seeking further relief in this action for the same injury.

Under the provisions of section 597 of the Code of Civil…