DICKERSON v. DICKERSON

No. A00A1992.

545 S.E.2d 378 (2001)

247 Ga. App. 812

DICKERSON v. DICKERSON.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

February 5, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth L. Shigley, Atlanta, for appellant.

Finch, McCranie, Brown, Hendrix, Sullivan & Wisebram, Richard W. Hendrix, Atlanta, for appellee.


MILLER, Judge.

The question on appeal is whether a judgment specifically holding that two people were not married precludes the parties to that judgment from later litigating that particular issue in a subsequent tribunal, notwithstanding the fact that the court opined that the judgment would not have a "res judicata" effect. We affirm the second court's grant of summary judgment based upon collateral estoppel.

Shortly after Richard Dickerson died intestate...

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