O'NEAL, J. The present case will be more readily understood by reference to the plaintiff below as Vance, and the defendant below as Wilson. This designation is peculiarly appropriate by reason of the previous litigation between Wilson, as plaintiff, v. Vance, as defendant, which was considered by this court and which is reported in 199 Okla. 434, 186 P.2d 805. The trial court held, in the case now before us, that the judgment rendered in Wilson v. Vance, supra, was a bar to the present action. The journal entry of judgment recites: