Hetherington v. Roe

This is an action on a judgment in the state of North Dakota on a counterclaim in a suit commenced on a promissory note in said state, in which suit the defendant herein, Roe, a resident of Iowa, was the plaintiff, and the plaintiff in this proceeding, Hetherington, was the defendant.

In the present proceeding defendant, Roe, answered, and thereupon plaintiff, Hetherington, filed a motion for judgment on the pleadings which was sustained.

There is no dispute about the issues presented by the proceedings on the foreign judgment. They were, first, could the Iowa court inquire into the validity of…