Easterly v. Goodwin
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Debt on a judgment, brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County, and tried to the court on the general issue, with notice. The following facts were found by the court: The judgment on which the present action was brought was rendered by the Superior Court, in Hartford county, at the September term, in the year 1858, and was for the sum of $7,465.85 debt, and $25.84 costs.
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Debt on a judgment, brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County, and tried to the court on the general issue, with notice. The following facts were found by the court: The judgment on which the present action was brought was rendered by the Superior Court, in Hartford county, at the September term, in the year 1858, and was for the sum of $7,465.85 debt, and $25.84 costs. In that suit the plaintiff was described as of the city and county of San Francisco, in the state of California, and the defendant as then or late of said San Francisco. Service of the writ was only made by attaching…
1Opinion of the CourtPark, J.
This case calls in question the validity of the judgment rendered by the Superior Court for the county of Hartford at the September term, 1858, for any other purpose than as a judgment in rem.
The defendant insists that the court had no jurisdiction over the person of the defendant, and that consequently the judgment was a nullity so far as being the basis of the present action is concerned.
The plaintiff claims that the record shows no want of jurisdiction over the person of the defendant, and that, therefore, jurisdiction is conclusively presumed, inasmuch as the court that rendered the…
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- Aldrich v. KinneySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1822
- Bigelow v. StearnsNew York Supreme Court · 1821
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