SAMUEL DEL VECCHIO, EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF DOMENICO DEL VECCHIO, DECEASED, APPELLANT,
v.
JOSEPHINE DEL VECCHIO, APPELLEE

Fla. 3d DCA | 1965-11-02
No. 65-214
Before CARROLL, BARKDULL and SWANN, JJ.
179 So. 2d 400 Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (1965) Negative Treatment
Cited by 14 cases

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Synopsis

The appellate court affirmed a summary final decree based on res judicata, finding that the issues raised in the current action had already been litigated or could have been litigated in prior proceedings.


Holding

Yes, the current action is barred by res judicata because the issues raised were previously litigated or could have been raised in prior proceedings.


Key Quotes

“Therefore, the chancellor's granting of a summary final decree upon the affirmative defense of res adjudicata was eminently correct, and the decree here under review is hereby affirmed on the authority of: Hay v. Salisbury, 92 Fla. 446, 109 So. 617; Wolfson v. Rubin, Fla.1951, 52 So. 2d 344; Litt v. Jarson, Fla.App.1957, 97 So. 2d 46; Stadler v. Cherry Hill Developers, Inc., Fla.App.1963, 150 So. 2d 468; 19 Fla.Jur., Judgments and Decrees, § 120.”

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The appellant, as executor of an estate, attempted to raise issues in a new action that had been previously addressed or could have been addressed in …

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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

Appellant, plaintiff in the trial court, seeks review of an adverse summary final decree entered by the chancellor upon the affirmative defense of res adjudicata.

This cause has been many times before tne appellate courts of this State. See: Del Vecchio v. Del Vecchio, Fla.App.1961, 132 So.2d 771; Del Vecchio v. Del Vecchio, Fla.1962, 143 So.2d 17; Del Vecchio v. Del Vecchio, Fla.1963, 152 So.2d 457; Del Vecchio v. Del Vecchio, Fla.App.1963, 157 So.2d 530; Del Vecchio v. Del Vecchio, Fla.App.1964, 161 So.2d 728; Del Vecchio v. Del Vecchio, Fla.1964, 162 So.2d 665.

From the record in this cause and the previous opinions of the appellate courts, it is apparent that the issues attempted to be raised in the instant action were raised, could have or should have been raised in the prior proceedings. Therefore, the chancellor’s granting of a summary final decree upon the principle of res adjudicata was eminently correct, and the decree here under review is hereby affirmed on the authority of: Hay v. Salisbury, 92 Fla. 446, 109 So. 617; Wolfson v. Rubin, Fla.1951, 52 So.2d 344; Litt v. Jarson, Fla.App.1957, 97 So.2d 46; Stadler v. Cherry Hill Developers, Inc., Fla.App.1963, 150 So.2d 468; 19 Fla.Jur., Judgments and Decrees, § 120.

Affirmed.


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    …matters actually raised and determined as well as to all other matters which could properly have been raised and determined in the prior action, whether they were or not. Hay v. Salisbury, 92 Fla. 446, 109 So. 617 (1926); Del Vecchio v. Del Vecchio, 179 So. 2d 400 (Fla. 3d DCA 1965); 32 Fla.Jur.2d Judgments and Decrees § 115 (1981). The issues of bad faith allegedly arising out of the facsimile notification sent by Freeman were raised or could have been raised in the prior arbitration proceedings. According…
  • …rine of res judicata as they represent efforts to reliti-gate issues which were either decided adversely to the plaintiffs in the prior action or to raise issues which should have been litigated therein by the plaintiffs. Del Vecchio v. Del Vecchio, 179 So. 2d 400 (Fla. 3d DCA 1965); see Gordon v. Gordon, 59 So. 2d 40, 43-44 (Fla.1952); AGB Oil Co. v. Crystal Exploration & Production Co., 406 So. 2d 1165, 1167 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981), rev. denied, 413 So. 2d 875 (Fla.1982). Beyond that, the letter on which the pla…
  • Super Serv. Prods. Corp. v. N. Store Corp., 214 So. 2d 664 (Fla. 3d DCA 1968)
    …dicata and would affirm the summary final judgment adverse to the appellant as to count one. Litt v. Jarson, Fla.App.1957, 97 So. 2d 46; Stadler v. Cherry Hill Developers, Inc., Fla.App.1963, 150 So. 2d 468; Del Vecchio v. Del Vecchio, Fla.App.1965, 179 So. 2d 400; 19 Fla.Jur., Judgments and Decrees, § 120.…

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