Gunn v. Peakes
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the district court for Hennepin county, where the action was tried by Young, J., a jury being waived. The only evidence offered by defendant was the record of a former action on the same judgment, which resulted in the judgment .of dismissal mentioned in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtBerry, J.
This is an action upon a foreign — a Nova Scotia— judgment. A judgment of a foreign court, complete and regular upon its face, is prima facie valid. Walker v. Witter, 1 Doug. 1; Reynolds v. Fenton, 3 C. B. 187; Barber v. Lamb, 8 C. B. (N. S.) 95; Robertson v. Struth, 5 Q. B. 941; Shumway v. Stillman, 4 Cow. 292, (15 Am. Dec. 374;) s. c. 6 Wend. 447; Lazier v. Westcott, 26 N. Y. 146; Bissell v. Wheelock, 11 Cush. 277; Holt v. Alloway, 2 Blackf. 108; Crepps v. Durden, 1 Smith, Lead. Cas. (8th Am. Ed.) 1079, 1143; Duchess of Kingston’s Case, 2 Smith, Lead. Cas. (8th Am. Ed.) 734, 981; Dozier v.…
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