Cover v. Critcher

This is an action for damages by J. R. Cover, who sues for the benefit of A. B. Cover, liquidating partner of J. R. Cover, H. L. Cover, A. B. Cover, R. L. Cover and E. R. Cover, partners trading as J. R. Cover & Sons, against John Critcher, in which the jury found a verdict in favor of the plaintiffs for $10,000, which the trial court set aside on the ground that the matters *359at issue in the action had been theretofore adjudicated and decided against the plaintiffs in a chancery suit in the Circuit Court of Bath county, and that the issue in the instant action was therefore res adjudícala.…