Lunsford v. Kosanke

CONLEY, J. pro tem. *

The defendant appeals from a judgment for the plaintiffs in the sum of $9,000 besides interest and costs, on a contract for the assignment of their interest in an oil lease and sublease, and the transfer of title to the oilfield equipment used in operating the property. The principal point raised on appeal is that the issues became res judicata because of an earlier action tried in the same department of the court before the same judge, between the same parties represented by their present attorneys. Although the appellant then prevailed on his claim that there could be…