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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