Reger v. Grimson

OPINION

LaFEL E. OMAN, Judge, Court of Appeals.

In this case the district court of Bernalillo County, New Mexico, entered summary judgment for the defendant, hereinafter referred to as Grimson, and the plaintiff, hereinafter referred to as Reger, has appealed therefrom. The trial court’s reason for granting the summary judgment, as stated in the order, was that:

“ * * * it represents a claim which has been barred and foreclosed by a prior action arising out of the same transaction * * * ”

The parties were involved in an automobile collision in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on July 15, 1963. Grimson…