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OAK LAWN, ETC. v. BD. OF MANAGERS, ETC.

No. 18972.

539 S.W.2d 167 (1976)

OAK LAWN PRESERVATION SOCIETY, Appellant, v. BOARD OF MANAGERS OF DALLAS COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

June 29, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe Harrison, Morris I. Jaffe, Wynne & Jaffe, Dallas, for appellant.

Earl Luna, Dallas, for appellees.

AKIN, Justice.

This is an appeal by plaintiff from an order of dismissal sustaining a plea in abatement based on res judicata. The principal question presented is whether the trial court correctly sustained the plea of res judicata because of a federal court's postjudgment order directing the Dallas County Commissioner's Court to acquire the Woodlawn Hospital facility for use as a minimum security jail. Because we hold that it is not res judicata...

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