Williams v. Gerstenfeld

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that res judicata applied to preclude home owners' suit to enjoin foreclosure where they had the opportunity but failed to challenge the validity of the debt in bankruptcy proceedings
• “As a general rule, matters not properly presented to a trial court will not be resolved on appeal.”
• “As a general rule, matters not properly presented to a trial court will not be resolved on appeal. . . . A court deviates from this principle only in exceptional situations and when necessary to prevent a clear miscarriage of justice apparent from the record.”
• “As a general rule, matters not properly presented to a trial court will not be resolved on appeal. . . . A court deviates from this principle only in exceptional situations and when necessary to prevent a clear miscarriage of justice apparent from the record.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).