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ESTATE OF BAYLISS BY BOWLES v. LEE

No. 15816.

315 S.E.2d 406 (1984)

ESTATE OF J.M.H. BAYLISS by Paul N. BOWLES, Ancillary Administrator v. Rolfe LEE.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided February 8, 1984.

Rehearing Denied April 11, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul E. Frampton, J. Thomas Lane, Bowles, McDavid, Graff & Love, Charleston, for appellant.

Charles W. Yeager, Steptoe & Johnson, Charleston, for appellee.

MILLER, Justice:

In this case, we are asked to apply either the doctrine of res judicata or principles of collateral estoppel to reverse the circuit court's judgment.

The Estate of J.M.H. Bayliss brought a civil action based on contribution to recover on what it claimed was a joint indebtedness owed by the plaintiff's decedent Bayliss and the defendant, Rolfe Lee, which totaled $94,846.22. Bayliss had during...

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