Steers v. Shaw

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Reed, J.

-The declaration, in answer to which the plea/ attacked was filed, was upon a judgment obtained in an action-by the plaintiff against the defendant in the State of New York. The plea is one in abatement of the present action.. The ground for such abatement is alleged to be the pendency of another suit in this jurisdiction between the same parties for this identical cause of action.

There appear irregularities in the manner in which the plea? was verified, but these defects were waived, so that the important point involved can be settled. As…