Lawrence v. Jarvis
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Peoria county: the Hon. A. L. Merriman, Judge, presiding. This was an action of debt, instituted in the court below, in February, 1861, by John P. Jarvis and Caroline, his wife, against John P. Lawrence, upon the record of a judgment obtained by these plaintiffs against the defendant, in the Court of Common Pleas of Coshocton county, in the State of Ohio. A sufficient statement of the case is given in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breese
This was an action of debt on a judgment record from the Common Pleas of Coshocton county, in the State of Ohio. The defendant pleaded mil debet, mul Uel record—that the court of Coshocton county granted a new trial—that said court had no jurisdiction of the person of the defendant — that the judgment was procured by the fraud of the plaintiff, and the following plea:
And for further plea, defendant says actio non, because he says that the only claim or demand the said plaintiffs or either, have or ought to have, against the defendant, is for work, labor and services, and salary of the said…
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