Decker's Ex's. v. Bradford's Heirs

This action is brought on a judgment obtained in the tribunal of the governor of Baton Rouge, before the Americans took possession of that part of the country. The defendants resist the claim of the plaintiffs on two grounds.

1. That the judgment must be considered as a foreign one, and the court of this state have the power, and it is their duty, to inquire into the grounds on which it was rendered, and if this court do so, it will appear that the judgment was improperly rendered.

2. That the judgment is null for uncertainty.

I. This court is of opinion that judgments, rendered in this country,…