Foster v. City of Manchester

Citations

• 89 Va. 92
• 15 S.E. 497
• 1892 Va. LEXIS 75

Syllabus

<p>1. Judgments—Conclusiveness.—A judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction upon a question directly involved is conclusive of that question in another suit between the same parties. Fishburne v. Ferguson, 85 Va. 324.</p> <p>2. Res Judicata—Obstruction—Condemnation.—Where judgment is rendered for city in street condemnation proceedings, the land-owner cannot, in a prosecution for obstructing the street, defend on the ground that the proceeding was illegal.</p> <p>5. Defenses.—Defenses allowed by Code, §§ 1074 and. 1075, must be made, if made at all, in the condemnation proceedings.</p>