Smith v. Berg

Action in Minnesota to recover from defendants, residents therein, upon a judgment against them in the municipal court of the city of Chicago, Illinois. The judgment was entered on a promissory note, payable in Chicago, pursuant to authority conferred in a warrant of attorney to confess judgment.

The complaint declared on the judgment. The answer denied any indebtedness to plaintiffs; alleged that the Illinois court had no jurisdiction to render the judgment; that in a transaction involving a real estate deal in Chicago false representations were made relative to it and the income therefrom;…