Legal Opinion
Quinn v. Quinn
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided March 14, 1977PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The plaintiff brought this action to recover upon a foreign judgment issued by the Family Court for the County of Providence, State of Rhode Island. A foreign judgment is not entitled to full faith and credit if the defendant can show that the court of the other State did not have jurisdiction over his person. Chicago Title & Trust Co. v. Smith, 185 Mass. 363, 366 (1904). See Milliken v. Meyer, 311 U. S. 457, 462 (1940). See also James, Civil Procedure § 11.6 (1965). As the, validity of the foreign judgment can be attacked by the use nf pYtrÍDKÍe7fivTffeñee' (Kestatement of Judgments, § 12,…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Milliken v. MeyerSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Community National Bank v. DawesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- John B. Deary, Inc. v. CraneMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1976
- Portland Maine Publishing Co. v. Eastern Tractors Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
- Chicago Title & Trust Co. v. SmithMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1904
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3Cited by11 opinions
- First National Bank of Houma v. BaileyMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1990
- Orix Credit Alliance, Inc. v. LeGalloMassachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 1994
- Tupman Thurlow Co. v. Woolf International Corp.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 1997
- C.F. Trust, Inc. v. PetersonMassachusetts Superior Court · 1997
- Caffey v. BradstreetMassachusetts Superior Court · 2004
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