Legal Opinion
Cowans v. Ticonderoga Pulp & Paper Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 5, 1927PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtVan Kirk, J.
The action is brought to recover on a money judgment which these plaintiffs recovered in the Province of Quebec, Canada. The Quebec court had jurisdiction of the action and of the defendant. The case was there tried on the merits and the judgment is not tainted with fraud, nor with an offense against our public policy. The presumption is that a judgment so rendered determined the rights and liabilities of the defendant according to the law and procedure of the court where it was rendered. (Dunstan v. Higgins, 138 N. Y. 70, 75.)
The question presented here is whether this Quebec judgment is in…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Hilton v. GuyotSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Johnston v. Compagnie Generale TransatlantiqueNew York Court of Appeals · 1926
- Dunstan v. . HigginsNew York Court of Appeals · 1893
- Lazier v. . WestcottNew York Court of Appeals · 1862
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- Lenchyshyn v. Pelko Electric, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
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