Greater Houston Bank v. Conte

OPINION

DRAUGHN, Justice.

Relators, Greater Houston Bank, et al (the bank), seek a writ of prohibition to prevent Respondents, Joseph P. Conte, et al (Conte), from relitigating certain issues which the Bank contends were res judicata because they were, or should have been raised, in an earlier action between the two parties. Conte, conversely, argues that said issues were not mature at the time of the earlier action. We hold that the issues which were, or should have been, raised in the earlier suit are barred from relitigation; and that certain of the issues did not mature until after final…