Woods v. Spoturno

Harrington, J.,

delivering the opinion of the Court:

The plaintiff, John F. Woods, procured a judgment by default in this court in a foreign attachment proceeding against Francois Coty, the French perfumery manufacturer, and a resident of France, for $1,144,089.27. Francois Coty subsequently died and the plaintiff issued a scire facias on that judgment in order to make the personal representatives of Mr. Coty parties to it; and the case is before us on a motion of the defendants to dismiss that writ and to quash the services of it. Other contentions are made, but this motion is mainly based on…