H. G. Bittleston Law & Collection Agency v. Fontaine

The action is to recover on a foreign judgment obtained by plaintiff against defendant. The answer pleads a general denial and a defense that the complaint is defective in that it does not allege that the Justices’ Court of Los Angeles township, county of Los Angeles, State of California, is a court of general jurisdiction and that said court had jurisdiction over the subject-matter of the action.

The judgment roll put in evidence by plaintiff and on which it relies to establish jurisdiction contains the certificate of the presiding justice of the Justices’ Court, Los Angeles township, Los…