Court Opinion

ID: 9562585
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 18:31:42.632586+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:17:25.418525
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Spratley, J.,
dissenting.
I am constrained to dissent from the opinion of the majority because I am unable to agree that the principles of res judicata should be applied under the circumstances of this case to defeat the marital rights of the appellant.
In 50 C. J. S., Judgments, Section 712b, page 180, this is said:
“The estoppel of a judgment extends only to the facts in issue as they existed at the time the judgment was rendered, and does not prevent a reexamination of the same questions between the same parties where in the interval the facts have changed or new facts have occurred which may alter the legal rights or relations of the litigants.”
See also 50 C. J. S. Judgments, Section 650, page 92, et seq.