Court Opinion

ID: 9685792
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 15:03:37.799271+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:18:10.675278
License: Public Domain

KELLEY, Justice
(dissenting):
I respectfully dissent. Respondent secured a judgment in conciliation court. The judgment was paid and it was satisfied by respondent. Following satisfaction, as far as its legal effect, it was a nullity: it didn’t exist. Having accepted the benefits of the judgment and satisfied it, there existed no judgment for the trial court to vacate. See e.g., Williams v. Jefferson County, 72 So.2d 920, 925 (Ala.1954); County of Los Angeles v. Stafford, 210 Cal.App.2d 864, 866, 26 Cal.Rptr. 888, 889 (1962); Stehli v. Thompson, 151 Fla. 566, 10 So.2d 123, 127 (1942).
I would reverse.