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- Title: Burguieres V. Pollingue
- Author : Louisiana Supreme Court
- Release Date : January 25, 2003
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 59 KB
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This case involves a judgment of the court of appeal reversing the trial court's denial of defendants' exception of res judicata. For the reasons that follow, we conclude that the judgment of the court of appeal is correct insofar as it granted the exception of res judicata as to those claims arising out defendant's actions as executrix of her brother's succession. The court of appeal erred, however, in maintaining the exception as to those claims that arise not out of one of the defendant's capacity as executrix but out of an alleged breach of defendants' fiduciary duties that occurred prior to decedent's death. Because we find there is no identity of parties as to these claims and because the cause or causes of action unrelated to defendant's duties as executrix asserted in the second suit did not exist at the time of final judgment in the first litigation, we conclude application of the principles of res judicata is inappropriate.