SINTON SAVINGS ASSOCIATION v. Ellis

OPINION

SHARPE, Justice.

This appeal is from a summary judgment in favor of appellee that appellant take nothing by its suit. Appellant asserts eight points of error which principally involve questions of res judicata, collateral estop-pel and privity, arising out of a prior federal court suit which will hereafter be more fully discussed.

Appellant, Sinton Savings Association, as plaintiff, instituted this suit in the district court of San Patricio County, Texas, against R. K. Ellis, defendant-appellee, seeking to recover judgment against the appellee for various sums of money aggregating…