Sustrik v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.

How courts have described this case

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

• refusing to classify the trespass as continuing when defendant installed a sewer line across plaintiff's property
• refusing to classify the trespass as continuing when defendant installed a sewer line across plaintiffs property
• treating actions “effecting] a permanent change in the condition of the land” as permanent trespasses
• reasoning 6 that res judicata applies “not only as to those matters that actually were litigated, but also of those matters which could have been litigated therein”
• settlement entered into midway through trial with approved court order to settle, discontinue and end
• “As between the parties involved, the settlement and discontinuance had the same effect as the entry of a judgment for the defendant in the proceedings.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).