The official and authentic decision of a court of justice upon the respective rights nnd claims of the parties to an action or suit therein litigated and sub-mltted to its determination. People v. He-bel. 19 Colo. App. 523, 76 Pac. 550; Bullock v. Bullock, 52 N. J. Eq. 561, 30 AU. 676, 27 L. It. A. 213, 46 Am. St. Rep. 528; Eppright v. Kauffman, 90 Mo. 25, 1 S. W. 736; State