Mr. Justice FIELD delivered the opinion of the- court. The decree dismissing the bill in the former suit in the Circuit Court of the United States being absolute in' its terms, was an adjudication of the merits of the controversy, and constitutes a bar to any further litigation of the same subject between the same parties. A decree of that kind, unless made be…
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