Opinion ID: 1892316
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Heading: Impediments to the Board's Compliance with a Writ of Mandamus

Text: The core of this argument is that the circuit court never acquired jurisdiction over the school district because of improper service under SDCL 15-6-4(d)(4)(v). This, under In re Gillespi, 397 N.W.2d 476 (S.D.1986), does indicate that the trial court lacked personal jurisdiction over the school board, because service should be made on a member of the school board or board of education, as required by SDCL 15-6-4(d)(4)(v). This does not appear to justify a writ of mandamus, however, as Crowleys could have, and did not, raise this in Crowley I. Mandamus against the Board does not void the quiet title action. To properly address mandamus, Crowleys must first void the earlier action. This should have been raised before. It was not. Res judicata applies to Crowleys' claim: That a party could have raised an issue but failed to do so will not prevent the application of res judicata. Nelson v. Hawkeye Sec. Ins. Co., 369 N.W.2d 379, 381 (S.D.1985). When a party fails to fully develop all of the issues and evidence available in a case, he is not justified in later trying the omitted issues or facts in a second action based upon the same claim. Cory v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 159 F.2d 391, 392 (3d Cir.1947).