Ikegami Electronics USA, Inc. v. Baumann

CROSBY, J., Concurring and Dissenting.

I would affirm. The probate judge correctly found the district court judgment was res judicata as to the existence of the joint tenancy on the day Leola Baumann died because the federal judge specifically held any attempt by the debtor to transfer his interest was “null and void” as to Ikegami. Thus, the federal judgment must mean the district court intended Ikegami to succeed to John Baumann’s position as a surviving joint tenant. The estate either raised or should have raised and obtained a ruling in the district court on the issue which misleads the…