Hampton v. M'connel
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the circuit court of the district of South' Carolina. The defendant in error declared against tne plaintiff in error, in debt, on a judgment of the supreme court of the State of New York, to which the defendant below plead nil debet, and the plaintiff below demurred.
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Error to the circuit court of the district of South' Carolina. The defendant in error declared against tne plaintiff in error, in debt, on a judgment of the supreme court of the State of New York, to which the defendant below plead nil debet, and the plaintiff below demurred. The circuit court rendered a judgment for the plaintiff below, and thereupon the cause was brought by writ of error to this court. suggested, that if, under any possible circumstances, the plea of nil debet could be a good bar to the action., a general demurrer was insufficient. He cited Mills vv Duryee,a and stated that…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr,. Chief Justice Ma»shai,l
delivered the opinion of the court. This is precisely the same case as that of Mills v. Duryee. The court cannot distinguish the two cases. The doctrine there held was that the judgment of. a state court should have the same credit, validity and effect, in every other court • of the United States, which it had in the state where it was pronounced, and that whatever pleas would be good to.a suit thereon in such state, and none others, could be plea-ed in any either court in the United States.
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