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GOEKE v. WOODS

777 S.W.2d 347 (1989)

Roscoe H. GOEKE, Plaintiff, v. Gary Wayne WOODS, Defendant/Third Party Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Linda Ruth WOODS, Third Party Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

September 25, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard S. Maxwell, Nashville, for defendant/third party plaintiff-appellant.

William R. O'Bryan, Jr., Mary Thomson LeMense, Trabue, Sturdivant & DeWitt, Nashville, for third party defendant-appellee.

OPINION

DROWOTA, Chief Justice.

In this case, husband third-party plaintiff recovered a judgment on a debt against his former wife, the third-party defendant. The Court of Appeals reversed and dismissed holding that the action was barred by the res judicata effect of the parties' divorce proceedings. Other issues pertaining to the trial were pretermitted. We hold that the third-party complaint is not barred...

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