Swain v. Sampson

The judgment of the court (Eustis, C. J. absent,) was pronounced by

Preston, J.

The plaintiff brings this suit to annul a judgment rendered against him in favor of the defendants. He charges, that the defendants were guilty of fraud in writing the notes, upon which the judgment was rendered, payable to the order oí James Swain, and of fraud and illegal practices in procuring false testimony to obtain the judgment sought to be annulled.

It appears, that Mrs. Hunstable, a sister of the plaintiff, puchased a large bill of furniture from the defendants, amounting to about $1300. She had two…