# Stafford v. County of Bladen

> Court of Appeals of North Carolina · March 2, 2004 · 163 N.C. App. 149

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9568999

## Case

- **Full name:** ALICE CORBETT STAFFORD, Et Ux, Plaintiffs v. COUNTY OF BLADEN, Defendant
- **Court:** Court of Appeals of North Carolina
- **Decided:** March 2, 2004
- **Citations:** 163 N.C. App. 149; 592 S.E.2d 711; 2004 N.C. App. LEXIS 305
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Hudson
- **Judges:** Tyson, Steelman, Hudson
- **Cited by:** 20 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- affirming grant of summary judgment in favor of defendant because plaintiffs' claims barred by res judicata

## Opinion text

HUDSON, J.,
concurring in result.
Although I concur in the result here, I am not persuaded that res judicata applies to this scenario. None of the cases cited involve a case where the defendant in a civil case was barred by res judicata even though (1) he had no opportunity to be heard on his defense in an earlier case because (2) the plaintiff took a voluntary dismissal with prejudice, resulting in an adjudication on the merits against— rather than in favor of — the plaintiff. I would address and uphold the constitutionality of the fee.

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