Ashburn Bros. v. Edwards County

Appellants, G. E. and L. M. Ashburn, sued appellee, Edwards county, for a balance claimed as owing on a road construction contract. The county answered by a plea termed a plea of res adjudicata and to the jurisdiction on the ground that the commissioners’ court had audited and settled the account adversely to appellants under article 2351, subd. 10, Revised Statutes, from which judgment of the court appellants did not appeal.

Appellants by sufficient verified supplemental pleading generally and specially denied that the matters and things in the alleged controversy were litigated or settled by…