Court Opinion

ID: 9834204
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-01 23:23:36.392322+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:44:12.791430
License: Public Domain

On Rehearing.
Appellants seem to be apprehensive that, if another suit should be instituted, based upon the cause of action involved in the instant case, they could be defeated by a plea of res adjudicata, based upon the judgment of the trial court and of this Court affirming same. We do not think so. It is perfectly obvious that, neither the court below nor this Court did more than sustain appellee’s plea in abatement; the case on the merits was neither reached nor adjudicated. However, in view of the record disclosures, appellants will likely be met by a plea of res adjudicata, based, not upon the judgment in the instant case, but upon the prior condemnation proceedings.
We have duly considered the motion for rehearing urged by appellants, but, failing to find any reason for changing our decision, the motion is overruled.