Thomas Jones; Ollye Mae Robinson Jones, Appellants v. Kimberly Jones Miller and Gerald Robinson

Summary

The court affirmed the dismissal of the replevin action because the appellants challenged only two of the five independent grounds supporting dismissal. Because the unchallenged grounds independently supported the judgment, the court declined to reach the merits of the res judicata and collateral-estoppel arguments and vacated the court of appeals' opinion. Justice Josephine Linker Hart, dissenting, would have held that the appellants adequately challenged every dismissal ground and were entitled to a merits decision.