O'BRIEN v. HESSMAN


16 Wis.2d 455 (1962)

O'BRIEN, Appellant, v. HESSMAN, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

May 1, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief by Zillmer & Redford, and oral argument by William C. Dill, all of Milwaukee.

For the respondent there was a brief and oral argument by William L. McCusker of Madison.


GORDON, J.

The appellant contends that the disposition of the 1952 action does not preclude the present litigation. The respondent maintains that the judgment dismissing the 1952 complaint on its merits is a bar to the present action.

Generally, a prior adjudication is a bar to a subsequent action involving the same parties and the same cause of action. This is the doctrine of res judicata. See Will of Nunnemacher (1939), 230 Wis. 93, 283 N....

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