Chouteau v. Gibson

This cause is here on the appeal of plaintiffs from a judgment of the St. Louis court of appeals affirming the judgment of the circuit court of St. Louis *39county in dismissing plaintiffs’ petition and-rendering judgment for defendant. The reason for this action on the part of the St. Louis court of appeals, is given in the opinion rendered by said court in the case of Gibson v. Chouteau et al., reported in 7 Mo. App. 1. The reason therein given is that the same matter sought to be litigated by plaintiffs in their bill, had been litigated in a former suit brought by Gibson v. Pierre Chouteau et…