Houswerth v. Neimiec

How courts have described this case

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• holding the dismissal of a replevin action for failure to prosecute was not a ruling on the merits and did not bar an action on the same claim
• finding that “a dismissal for lack of prosecution is not a ruling on the merits and therefore cannot be the basis of a subsequent res judicata argument”
• dismissal of replevin action for failure to prosecute was not a ruling on the merits and could not be the basis for applying res judicata to a subsequent action

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).