§ 1531 — Effect of judgment

§ 1531. Effect of judgment. 1. A final judgment in favor of either\nparty, in an action brought as prescribed in this article, is\nconclusive, as to the title established in the action, against the other\nparty, known or unknown, including an infant or a person with a mental\ndisability, and also against every person claiming from, through or\nunder that party, by title accruing after the filing of the judgment\nroll, or of the notice of the pendency of the action, as prescribed by\nlaw; also against each person not in being or ascertained at the\ncommencement of the action, who by any contingency contained in a devise\nor grant or otherwise, could afterward become entitled to a beneficial\nestate or interest in the property involved, provided that every person\nin being who would have been entitled to such estate or interest if such\nevent had happened immediately before the commencement of the action is\na party thereto, or that a guardian ad litem is appointed, as prescribed\nby section 1513 of this article.\n 2. A new trial of said action after judgment shall not be granted as a\nmatter of right, but the court may, in its discretion in the interest of\njustice, grant a new trial upon an application made by any party within\none year after said judgment. Upon any new trial of an action brought as\nprescribed in this article, the record of the evidence given upon the\nprevious trial may be again offered to the court by either party, and\nmay be received in evidence, in case the same evidence cannot be again\nprocured. The courts may make such rules and orders as to preserving the\nrecord of the evidence given in such actions and perpetuating the proofs\nproduced therein, either with or without the awarding of any other\nrelief to the party whose proofs are so perpetuated, as shall be\nnecessary or proper, and may embrace such directions in the judgment.\n