Burton v. Williams

This action was upon a foreign judgment, and resulted in a decision adverse to the plaintiff, Emlu W. Burton. The petition alleged that the plaintiff sued the defendant, Lyman A. Williams, as administrator of the estate of Prank M. Williams, deceased, in the supreme court of the District of Columbia, and there recovered a judgment against him both in his representative capacity and as an individual. The answer was a general denial. The only evidence given at the trial was a duly authenticated transcript of the proceedings in the original case. Prom this record it appears that there were two…