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6 Teiss. 385

McLellan v. Murray

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided June 21, 1909

Louisiana Court of Appeal · decided 1909-06-21

<p>1. All the issues presented by the pleadings of a case and on which evidence is introduced on the trial will be considered-as disposed of by a final judgment, un less a special reservation is made thereon.</p> <p>2, But the failure of a judgment to reserve rights mentioned in the jprayer, though not put at issue in the petition' or answer, cannot be the basis of a plea of roa adjndicata to a subsequent suit for such rights.</p>

Relies on Jourdan v. Garland

Decided 1909-06-21

DUFOUR, J.

¶1The history of this litigation will be found fully detailed in our decision in McLellan vs. Rosser, No. 4158 of our docket, decided April 22, 1907.

¶2The present proceeding is one for damages caused by the issuance of the injunction sired out by Murray and which was finally dissolved by the Supreme Court, and it is brought against *386Murray and his surety on the injunction bond.

June 21, 1909.Rehearing refused June 30, 1909.Writ refused by Supreme Court October 13, 1909.

¶3The legal defence tendered is res judicata, based on the suggestion that, in the injunction suit, MfeLellan prayed for a reservation of his right to demand damages and the decree of the Supreme Court made no such reservation.

¶4In support of this argument, cases are cited where damages had been specifically prayed for and ignored by the Court, and such judgments were held to have the force of the thing adjudged.

¶5The correct rule of law is that all issues presented by the pleadings of a ease and on which evidence is introduced on the trial will be considered as disposed of by final judgment, unless a special reservation is made thereon. 36 An. 398.

¶6At' the time the answer was filed it was impossible to tender the issue of damages as they had not accrued and could not have entirely accrued until the final dissolution of the injunction.

¶7Moreover, the surety on the bond could not have been sued in that case. (105 La. 486). It follows that, as the issue was not made and no evidence was introduced as to the damages now sued for, the judgment in the injunction suit is not res judicata.

¶8It is said that plaintiff suffered no damage because at the second sale the property brought more than it did at the first; this is not the test. The fact remains that, owing to the delays, costs, etc., the plaintiff was still considerably out of pocket.

¶9His subsequent resale at a profit is not a factor in determining rights which were fixed long before the property became his.

¶10The interest on the. note, taxes and insurance during the time the injunction was in force are due by Murray, as the delay was caused by his injunction and in our No. 4158 supra we held that Eosser could not be charged with them.

¶11The value of the attorney’s fees is sufficiently shown, and the costs of the proceedings are properly included in the suit to hold the surety liable.

¶12Of course, there can be but one execution for the costs.

¶13The judgment in favor of plaintiff is correct.

¶14Judgment affirmed.

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