Poorman v. Mitchell
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. I. The courts of this State, where a foreign judgment is sought to he enforced bj suit before them, will inquire into the jurisdiction of the court rendering the same, and if they find that the said court had not jurisdiction of the person of the defendant and the subject-matter of the suit, they will treat such judgment as null and void.
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Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. I. The courts of this State, where a foreign judgment is sought to he enforced bj suit before them, will inquire into the jurisdiction of the court rendering the same, and if they find that the said court had not jurisdiction of the person of the defendant and the subject-matter of the suit, they will treat such judgment as null and void. (Latimer v. Union Pacific R.R., 43 Mo. 105.) Whether or not the court of Ohio had jurisdiction of the person of the defendant, must appear from the record of the judgment. (Lapham v. Briggs, 27 Term. 24, 26 ; Evans v.…
1Opinion of the CourtCurrier, Judge
This suit was founded upon an Ohio judgment. The defendant avers that the judgment is not binding'on him because of the existence of certain facts which are set out in the answer. The plaintiff replied, first traversing the allegations of the answer, and then averring specially that, in conformity with the practice and laws of Ohio, the defendant, on the 26th of October, 1867 (this suit being then pending), filed his petition in the court in Ohio, where the original judgment was rendered, setting forth the several matters contained in his answer, and praying that the judgment might be set…
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