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Judgments-Res Judicata Between Adverse Codefendants, Nolan W. Carson
Judgments-Res Judicata Between Adverse Codefendants, Nolan W. Carson
Michigan Law Review
ln an attempt to enforce a personal judgment, the judgment creditor brought a statutory equity suit jointly against the judgment debtor (plaintiff in the present suit) and the defendant insurance company to reach and apply the proceeds of a motor vehicle liability policy. The bill was dismissed as to the insurance company. In a subsequent action by plaintiff on the policy, the answer set up the equity decree as res judicata. Plaintiff demurred on the ground that the answer failed to allege that the parties were adversaries inter sese under the pleadings of the former suit. Held, order overruling …