Perlus v. Silver

Citations

• 71 Wash. 338
• 128 P. 661
• 1912 Wash. LEXIS 749

Syllabus

<p>Judgment — Conclusiveness—Bar—Matters Concluded. Where disputes arose between parties to a contract, and one of them brought an action against the other for injunctive relief, damages, and general relief, the judgment is res judicata and a bar to another action upon the contract as to all matters in dispute that arose prior to the commencement of the first action.</p> <p>Costs — Expenses oe Litigation — Recovery—Subsequent Action. A successful litigant cannot maintain a subsequent action to recover from his losing adversary the costs and expenses of the litigation, but must resort to his statutory right to have items thereof taxed as costs in the first action.</p>