Welsh v. Old Dominion Bank

HOOD, Chief Judge:

Appellee obtained a judgment against appellant in an action of debt brought in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County, Maryland, and brought this action on the foreign judgment. Appellant pleaded as a defense her discharge in bankruptcy. To meet this defense, appellee was allowed to prove by evidence extrinsic to the record that the judgment was on a debt for money obtained by appellant through a false statement in writing respecting her financial condition. 1 Upon such proof the trial court held that the Maryland judgment was not discharged and gave judgment for…