Henry v. Roque

The primary question tendered in this case is whether the plaintiff, a judgment creditor of the defendant, has the legal right to have revived, subsequent to defendant's discharge in bankruptcy, a money judgment rendered several years prior thereto. A secondary question is raised in this court. It relates to liability for costs incurred in the revival suit. Are these costs enforcible against defendant as a personal obligation or do they have the same status as the judgment itself which is purely in rem?

Plaintiff was awarded judgment by default against defendant in the District Court of…