Legal Opinion

Deatherage v. Cleghorn

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided October 1, 2003No. 25466PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ROBERT S. BARNEY, Presiding Judge.

Christopher S. Deatherage and Gloria R. Deatherage (“Appellants” or “Christopher” and/or “Gloria”) appeal from the judgment dismissing their cause of action pursuant to Respondents’ “Motion to Dismiss for Res Judicata, Collateral Estoppel, and Splitting Causes of Action,” in the second of two lawsuits involving the same subject matter, parties, and privities. Appellants raise four points of trial court error discussed below. We affirm.

The record 1 shows that on December 1, 1998, Appellants and Respondent Dorothy J. Cleghorn (“Dorothy”) signed two documents…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. ITT Commercial Finance Corp. v. Mid-America Marine Supply Corp.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1993
  2. King General Contractors, Inc. v. Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day SaintsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1991
  3. State Ex Rel. Nixon v. American Tobacco Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 2000
  4. Chesterfield Village, Inc. v. City of ChesterfieldSupreme Court of Missouri · 2002
  5. Grue v. HensleySupreme Court of Missouri · 1948

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Golden Valley Disposal, LLC v. Jenkins Diesel Power, Inc.Missouri Court of Appeals · 2006
  2. Dueker v. First Midwest Bank of Poplar BluffMissouri Court of Appeals · 2007
  3. France v. HunterMissouri Court of Appeals · 2010

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