Westerwelt v. Lewis

McLEAN, Circuit Justice.

This is an action of debt bi ought on a judgment obtained against the defendants, by the plaintiff, in the state of New York.

The defendants filed two pleas: First. Nil debet. Second. That no notice was served on the defendants before the rendition of the judgment. To these pleas the defendants demurred.

The 1st section of the 4th article of the constitution of the United States declares, “that full faith and credit shall be given in each state to the public acts, records and judicial proceedings of every state. And congress may, by general laws, prescribe the manner in…