Succession of Martin v. Succession of Hoggatt

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Roché, J.

Before his death, Thomas J. Martin obtained in this Court a moneyed judgment against the defendant succession, in solido, with another defendant, on a lease-bond signed by Philip Hoggatt as surety.

On the 15th of May, 1882, he proceeded by rule in the district court for the enforcement of his judgment and for a sale of succession property j he was met by an answer setting up the absolute nullity of his judgment. The plea was maintained and his rule was discharged by a judgment rendered on January 12, 1883.

On the same day, through his counsel by…