Adams v. Batchelder
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract, upon a judgment recovered in New Hampshire, October 80, 1874. Trial in the Superior Court, without a jury, before GrasTdll, J., who found for the defendant; and the plaintiff alleged exceptions. • The material facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtHolmes, J.
This is an action of contract brought upon a New Hampshire judgment obtained by a man domiciled in New Hampshire, upon a debt contracted in New Hampshire, against a resident of Massachusetts. The judgment creditor died, and the present plaintiff, also a resident of New Hampshire, was appointed his administratrix there. On April 18, 1881, the plaintiff was appointed ancillary administratrix in Massachusetts. On January 21, 1891, the defendant received a discharge in insolvency in Massachusetts. At the trial there was evidence that the debt never had been paid, but the judge ruled that the…
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