Halstead v. Black

This action was upon a judgment alleged to have been rendered by the Common Pleas of Northampton county, Pennsylvania, a court of record, in favor of the plaintiffs against . the defendant.

The complaint, instead of averring jurisdiction in the Pennsylvania court, follows the language of section 161 of the Code, and avers that the judgment was duly recovered, &c.

To this complaint a demurrer was interposed, that it does not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action.

The demurrer presents the single question, whether in pleading the judgment of a court of record of a sister State,…