KARLBERG v. OTTEN

Nos. 64595-1-I, 66050-1-I, 66051-9-I.

280 P.3d 1123 (2012)

167 Wash.App. 522

Gary F. KARLBERG and Sharon Karlberg, a married couple, Respondents, v. Steven L. OTTEN, a single man, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

April 2, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Allen Davis, III , Chmelik, Sitkin & Davis, Seth Ananda Woolson , Attorney at Law, Bellingham, WA, for Appellant.

John C. Belcher , Belcher Swanson Law Firm PLLC, Bellingham, WA, for Respondents.


BECKER, J.

¶ 1 This appeal arises from two successive judgments quieting title. In his first action, plaintiff Karlberg sought and obtained a judgment placing the new boundary line between his property and defendant Otten's about halfway between the surveyed line and an old fence. In his second action, he sought and obtained a judgment establishing the fence as the boundary line. Concluding that res judicata barred the splitting of the claim, we reverse the second...

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