Patton v. Estate of Upchurch

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that the judgment in the first lawsuit must be final for collateral estoppel to apply
• explaining that “matters outside the pleadings” generally refers to evidence beyond the allegations of the complaint
• ―Matters outside the pleadings may include affidavits, judgments and transcripts from a prior cause of action, and correspondence between the parties.‖
• “The trial courts of this state have inherent authority over settlement agreements concerning pending actions.”
• ―Matters outside the pleadings may include affidavits, judgments and transcripts from a prior cause of action, and correspondence between the parties.‖
• “[T]he Plaintiffs and two of the Defendants presented extraneous evidence, and the [trial court] accepted the extraneous evidence which converted the Rule 12 motion into one for summary judgment.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).