Wiley v. Pratt

Ray, Oh. J.

The decision of this case must rest upon the conclusiveness of the statement in the record of the proceedings and judgment under which the land was sold, that the defendants appeared by their attorneys and filed their answer.

It is insisted by the appellants, that while, to an action brought upon a judgment rendered in another state, the defendant may show, by evidence dehors the record, that he was not within the jurisdiction of the court at any time between the commencement of the action and the recovery of the judgment; and that an attorney, who is shown by the record to have…