May v. Jameson
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from the Union Circuit Court. This was an action of debt upon a judgment brought by Wm. L. Jameson against John L. May, in the Union circuit court, returnable to the April term, 1848. Plaintiff declared that at the November term, 1844, of the circuit court of Monroe county, Alabama, he recovered a judgment against defendant for a slave named Cyrus, or his value, assessed by the jury at $800, also $250 damages, and for costs &c., which judgment remained in full force,…
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Appeal from the Union Circuit Court. This was an action of debt upon a judgment brought by Wm. L. Jameson against John L. May, in the Union circuit court, returnable to the April term, 1848. Plaintiff declared that at the November term, 1844, of the circuit court of Monroe county, Alabama, he recovered a judgment against defendant for a slave named Cyrus, or his value, assessed by the jury at $800, also $250 damages, and for costs &c., which judgment remained in full force, and unsatisfied, whereby an action had accrued to said plaintiff to recover of said defendant the sums of money…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Walker
In this case the plain tiff brought his action of debt on a transcript of the récord of a judgment rendered against the defendant in the State of Alabama. The most important question presented for our consideration relates to the admissibility of parol evidence under the issue, which denies that the court of Alabama, at the time such judgment was rendered, had acquired jurisdiction of the person of the defendant.
In the case of Barkman vs. Hopkins & McMechen, decided at the present term of this court, it was held that where the defendant was a non-resident of the State in which the judgment…
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