Cromwell v. County of Sac
United States Supreme Court
94 U.S. (4 Otto) 351 (1876)
Relevant factsFree
Cromwell (plaintiff) previously sued the County (defendant) on certain early-maturing bond coupons but lost because he failed to prove he'd paid value for them before maturity; he later brought a second suit on different bonds and coupons from the same overall municipal bond issuance, seeking to introduce evidence that he had paid value for these different instruments, but the lower court held the first judgment estopped him from litigating that question again.
IssueFree
Whether, where a second action is between the same parties and involves the same transaction or occurrence as an initial judgment, that judgment automatically bars the second action.