Leggett v. Ross
Leggett v. Ross
Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Plaintiffs brought this action alleging that they were the owners and entitled to the possession of a certain fractional piece of land described as lot 3, section 13, township 35 north, range 5 east, and al
We think the record offered was admissible in evidence and conclusive of the rights of the parties. It appeared that it was the same subject matter which was in controversy in both actions. Conceding that lot 3 aforesaid was the community property of the plaintiffs, we think that appellant Mary Leggett is bound by the judgment in the former action, although she was not a party thereto. There is nothing to show that said action was commenced and prosecuted without her knowledge or authority or against her wishes, or that she sought in any way to interfere therein, and under the circumstances, she being the wife of the plaintiff, in order to avoid the effect of that judgment and the presumption that it was brought with her knowledge and consent, it was necessary for her
Affirmed.
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- H. C. Leggett et ux. v. David C. Ross et ux.
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- JUDGMENT — EES JUDICATA — PARTIES. In an action by husband and wife to recover possession of certain community land, it is admissible to introduce in evidence a judgment involving the same subject matter, although rendered in an action brought by the husband alone, the presumption being that the action was brought with the knowledge and consent of the wife, in the absence of any showing to the contrary. A judgment may be introduced in evidence in a subsequent suit involving the same subject matter, when it is between the same parties, but the fact that a person was joined as defendant in one action and not in the other will not affect the admissibility of the record, when it appears that he was not a real party in interest.