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7 Ill. Ct. Cl. 119

Katanich v. State

Court of Claims of Illinois

Decided January 10, 1933

Court of Claims of Illinois · decided 1933-01-10

Decided 1933-01-10

Mr. Justice Thomas

¶1delivered the opinion of the court:

¶2This claim is for $25,000.00 damages occasioned by injuries claimant alleges he received on May 5, 1926, while assisting in the apprehension of some convicts that had escaped from the penitentiary at Joliet. The State has filed a plea of res judicata.

¶3Claimant heretofore filed a claim in this court for the same injuries and on May 12, 1927, and award was entered in his favor for $2,500.00 to compensate him for the injuries he sustained. It is fundamental that a former adjudication con-eludes a party from another trial of the same cause of action. If that were not true there would be no end to litigation.

¶4The claim is denied and the cause dismissed.

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