KESLER v. FENTRESS

Record No. 791330.

286 S.E.2d 156 (1982)

Robert M. KESLER v. Emlet Fleetwood FENTRESS.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 22, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert S. Dorsey, Norfolk (Hofheimer, Nusbaum, McPhaul & Brenner, Norfolk, on briefs), for appellant.

Russell R. Stallard, Norfolk, for appellee.

Before CARRICO, C. J., and COCHRAN, COMPTON, THOMPSON and STEPHENSON, JJ.


CARRICO, Chief Justice.

In this boundary-line proceeding, the trial court entered judgment on a jury verdict that awarded the plaintiff, Emlet Fleetwood Fentress, title to the land in dispute. In a prior action for trespass involving the same land, the present defendant, Robert M. Kesler, had recovered a judgment for damages against Mrs. Fentress' cotenant. The dispositive question is whether the doctrine of collateral estoppel barred relitigation in the instant proceeding...

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