PURCELL ENTERPRISES, INC. v. STATE


631 S.W.2d 401 (1981)

PURCELL ENTERPRISES, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant-Appellee, v. STATE of Tennessee and Tennessee State Board of Claims, Defendants-Appellants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Middle Section.

Permission to Appeal Denied April 12, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Nolan, III and Earl J. Porter, Jr., Nashville, Tenn., for plaintiff-appellant-appellee.

Donald W. Schwendimann, William C. Koch, Jr., Donald L. Corlew and Henry E. Hildebrand, III, Asst. Attys. Gen., Nashville, Tenn., for defendants-appellants-appellees.

Hugh T. Shelton, Jr., Columbia, Tenn., for third-party defendant.


Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court April 12, 1982.

OPINION

CONNER, Judge.

This case involves the application of legal principles of res judicata, election of remedies and judicial estoppel to pursuit of a claim against the state, administratively by contract, administratively by statute and concurrently in the court system.

A brief grasp of the complexity of the matter can be gathered from a realization that the relevant proceedings...

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