Kavanaugh v. Lee

Winnet, J.,

Plaintiff has brought suit on what counsel contends is a foreign judgment. The statement of claim, however, sets up that plaintiff and defendant were tenants in common of a house in Atlantic City; that defendant owned a one-third interest; that an oil burner was ordered for the house and defendant agreed to pay one third of the cost. The creditor has recovered judgment in New Jersey against both plaintiff and defendant for the cost of the oil burner and plaintiff in order to prevent an execution paid the entire amount and took an assignment of the judgment. An exemplified copy of…