Lucas v. Page

OPINION

By the Court,

Zenoff, J.:

On October 16, 1970 Lehmann Page sued the Lucases on a promissory note for $8,000.00. The note had been executed by the Lucases in favor of Page as a compromise settlement of a previous lawsuit which involved the dissolution of their business relationship in an insurance adjustment enterprise in Las Vegas. In the present action the Lucases moved for leave to file a counterclaim, the basis of which alleged the same facts of the lawsuit that had already been determined both at trial and on appeal in the previous lawsuit. Las Vegas Insurance Adjusters Inc. v. Page,…