W.Q. Wise, Inc. v. Lewing

LABORDE, Judge.

Plaintiff, W.Q. Wise, Inc., instituted this suit against Gary Ronald Lewing, defendant, to have an Oklahoma judgment against defendant made executory. The trial judge held that a certified copy of the foreign judgment presented during the proceedings was not properly authenticated and could not be made executory. Following all delays for appeal, plaintiff filed a second and identical suit to again have the same foreign judgment made executory. Defendant responded with an exception of res judicata which the trial court sustained, resulting in the dismissal of plaintiffs second…