Where a consent judgment has been entered and not set aside, the parties' rights merge with that judgment creating a res judicata, and a subsequent statement of claim that does not seek to set aside the judgment but instead seeks to relitigate the underlying subject matter discloses no reasonable cause of action. Alleged procedural irregularities in the entry or enforcement of an existing judgment do not provide a basis for impugning execution of that judgment in separate proceedings.
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