Lincoln v. Tower
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Illinois
At law.
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF
THE COURT.
This is an action of debt brought on a judgment obtained in the state of Massachusetts. The first and second counts in the declaration are on the judgment, and two other counts are added on the consideration on which that judgment was obtained. To the first two pleas the defendant pleaded that he was not served with process in the suit in Massachusetts, and that he did not appear in the case. To the two other counts the defendant pleaded the recovery of the judgment in bar. The plaintiff demurred to the pleas, and for causes of" demurrer assigned the following reasons:
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