Wilson Jenkins v. United States

Alleging: an indebtedness to the United States .in the sum' of $10,000 evidenced by a judgment entered in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia, imposing a fine of $10,000; that the judgment was dormant; and that no part of the sum due under it had been paid; plaintiff sued to revive" the judgment and to recover the $10,000.

The defendant admitted the entry of the judgment against'him as pleaded by plaintiff, and that he had not paid it. He, however,, denied liability, putting forward five grounds: (1) that the revival of the judgment was now barred; (2) that…