For a plea of res judicata to arise as between claimants to the title to goods, the same title must have come into question in both actions, because there must be an identity of interest between the party to the first action and the party to the second. A person deriving whatever interest is claimed from the litigant in the earlier proceedings will be bound by a judgment in the earlier proceedings if the interest which he claims was one which he obtained subsequent to the judgment: ‘A passage has been cited from Com. Dig. Evidence, A5, where it is said that ‘a verdict in another action in the same cause may be allowed in evidence between the same parties. So, it shall be evidence, where the verdict was for one under whom any of the present parties claim.’ But that must mean a claim acquired through such party subsequently to the verdict: if, as it has now been argued, the rule could be extended to parties claiming other lands under the same title previously to the verdict, the effect of such a verdict might be carried back for a hundred years. None of the cases support such a proposition.’
Judges:
Littledale J
Citations:
(1834) 1 Ad and El 783
Cited by:
Approved – Hodson v Walker CEC 1872
Premises known as the Red Lion Inn, Grasmere and certain outbuildings were let. In February 1852, Walker allowed one Usher, who owned the Red Lion Inn, to build a shed on his (Walker’s) adjoining land in return for a rent of 1s. a year. In November . .
Cited – Wiltshire v Powell and others CA 7-May-2004
The claimant sought a declaration as to the ownership of an aircraft. Saying he had bought it in good faith from E H and S, who in turn similarly claimed to have bought it from Ebbs. The defendant had obtained a judgment that he was owner as against . .
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Litigation Practice
Updated: 30 April 2022; Ref: scu.198725