Baio v. Mangano

Trial by the court without a jury. The facts are undisputed. The plaintiff, having done business with defendants at a time (1922) when they were residents of Italy, thereafter *156sued the defendants in Italy, and in June of 1924 obtained judgment against them for $1,919.16. Thereafter the parties came to the United States, and in August of 1936 the plaintiff sued in this court on the foreign judgment thus obtained. The only defense interposed is that of the Statute of Limitations included in section 53 of the Civil Practice Act. That section, however, provides that “ an action, the limitation of…