Barringer v. King
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Action of contract upon a judgment rendered by the supreme court for the county of Schenectady and State of New York, in an action brought on a debt due from the defendant to the plaintiff.
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Action of contract upon a judgment rendered by the supreme court for the county of Schenectady and State of New York, in an action brought on a debt due from the defendant to the plaintiff. Answer, that the defendant, at the time when said judgment purports to have been rendered, and for many years previously, was, and still is, an inhabitant of Massachusetts, residing at Taunton; that he never appeared, either in person or by attorney, before said court; and that no legal notice of that action was ever served upon him; and so said court has no jurisdiction of the defendant. Trial in this…
1Opinion of the CourtDewey, J.
The decision of the present case seems to raise no new questions as to the effect our courts are bound to give to a judgment of a sister state, duly rendered and duly authenticated. Under the decisions of Bissell v. Briggs, 9 Mass. 468, Hall v. Williams, 6 Pick. 247, and Gleason v. Dodd, 4 Met. 340, *11if full effect be given to the record of the judgment and of the anterior proceedings, that is offered and relied upon by the plaintiff, the court had jurisdiction of the case and the parties, and they were bound by the judgment rendered thereon.
The only point that arises is upon the supposed…
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