Wingfield v. Dockins

CAMMACK, Chief Justice.

This action was instituted by Amanda Wingfield and her husband, G. W. Wing-field, against Elmer Dockins to quiet title to a tract of land of which they claimed to be the owners. Dockins answered that he had been declared to be the owner of the land in a previous suit. Dockins’ plea of res judicata was sustained; hence this appeal.

In 1945, the Wingfields filed an action for trespass against Dockins in which they alleged they were the owners of the land involved in the action now before us. Dockins set up his claim to title in that action. At the conclusion of the…