Legal Opinion
Owens v. Wallace
Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama
Decided July 21, 1976No. Civ. 808PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
HOLMES, Judge.
This is a suit for work and labor. The issue is whether the suit was due to be dismissed, as the trial court found, because of the applicability of the principle of res judicata.
In July of 1974, the plaintiff, appellant here, filed the following complaint in the Elmore County Law and Juvenile Court:
“IN RE:
“WALTER OWENS ’
“VS.
“MARION WALLACE
“Plaintiff claims of the defendant the sum of $1,318.90 for work or labor done by the plaintiff at the request of Marion Wallace on a building or improvement on the following described property, viz.,
Lot 25, Plat B, Broadmoor Estates,…
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- Savage v. SavageSupreme Court of Alabama · 1945
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- Suggs v. Alabama Power CompanySupreme Court of Alabama · 1960
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