Bradford v. Brooklyn Trust Co.

The complaint merely repeats some of the charges stated against these appellants in the prior action. The only difference is that in the present complaint appellants are charged with having caused Durkee Marine Products Corporation to commit the alleged wrongs, whereas in the earlier action it was claimed they conspired with others to cause this company to commit the very same wrongs. A comparison of the allegations of the two complaints demonstrates that the claims in each are identical and that the same relief is sought upon a like general theory. There is, too,, a sufficient identity of…