McNergney v. Harrison

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hutchison, J.:

This action was commenced in Nemaha county to recover upon a judgment rendered in favor of the plaintiff and against the defendant in Buchanan county, Missouri.

The principal, question is whether the matter involved was res judicata. The appellant states the question involved in the following language: “May fraud or imposition in the recovery of a judgment in a sister state be set up as an equitable defense to defeat a recovery upon said judgment?”

The defendant in this action brought a suit in Missouri against the plaintiff in this action…