Platts v. Platts
Idaho Supreme Court
APPEAL from the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District, for Camas County. Hon. H. F. Ensign, Judge. Action to enforce claim for alimony. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. A foreign judgment, not reduced to judgment in this state is not a valid claim against the estate of a deceased person here, nor can an administratrix' be compelled to accept á certified copy of the' decree of a foreign court and allow it as a valid claim against the estate.
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APPEAL from the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District, for Camas County. Hon. H. F. Ensign, Judge. Action to enforce claim for alimony. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. A foreign judgment, not reduced to judgment in this state is not a valid claim against the estate of a deceased person here, nor can an administratrix' be compelled to accept á certified copy of the' decree of a foreign court and allow it as a valid claim against the estate. (23 Cyc. 1556, see. 3.) An action cannot be maintained against an administratrix for judgment on a foreign judgment for alimony.…
1Opinion of the Court
GIYENS, Commissioner.
— Respondent brought this action to compel appellant, as administratrix of the estate of Edwin S. Platts, deceased, to file and allow as a just claim against the estate of Edwin S. Platts, deceased, a transcript of judgment for alimony awarded in a divorce granted respondent by the circuit court of the state of Oregon, for Multnomah county.
The transcript as presented to the administratrix was simply a certified copy of the decree of the Oregon court, as follows:
“This case coming on to be heard for final hearing and trial before Honorable Wm. N. Gatens, Judge presiding,…
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