King Sales Co., Inc. v. McKey

Nichols, Presiding Judge.

1. The defendants’ pleas of estoppel by judgment and res judicata were based on the trial of a previous case between the plaintiff and a finance company that had advanced money to pay for the merchandise sold the plaintiff. The finance company had sued the plaintiff in the present case and she, in her answer, had alleged a conspiracy between the finance company and King Sales Co. to defraud her. Neither the defendant King Sales Co1, nor the defendant Roy King was a party to such action.

“ ‘Under the doctrine of res judicata, “a judgment of a court of competent…