In Brief
In this civil appeal, the Supreme Court addressed whether a suit for partition and injunction against dispossession was barred by res judicata. The respondents sued after the trial court dismissed their case on res judicata grounds. The first appellate court reversed, reasoning that parties had not litigated under the same title in a previous suit for possession. The High Court agreed. The Supreme Court held that the suit was clearly barred by res judicata, given the earlier decrees on the same property. The Court set aside the High Court's order and restored the trial court's dismissal, rejecting the argument that different legal titles prevented res judicata from applying.
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