Burnham v. Pidcock
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from trial term, New York county. Action by George Burnham and others against John F. Pidcock on a judgment rendered by the courts of New Jersey. From a judgment in favor of defendant entered on decision of the court at trial term without a jury (6(f N. Y. Supp. 806), plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtRumsey, J.
The action was brought upon a judgment against the defendant recovered in the supreme court of New Jersey on the 4th of November, 1896. The defendant set up as a defense a discharge in bankruptcy granted to him on the 24th of April, 1900, in a proceeding begun on the 27th of December, .1898, after the judgment was entered. There is no dispute about the facts, but all of them were admitted upon the trial. The judgment was proved by a copy of the record in the supreme court of New Jersey, exemplified under the provisions of the act of congress. There was contained in this judgment what purports…
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