Buford v. Hickman
Supreme Court of Arkansas
In error to Hempstead circuit court. [At law. Action upon a judgment. Defendant’s special demurrer to the declaration was overruled by the court below, and he appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT. An action of debt was brought by Paschal Buford, executor of Henry Buford, deceased, against William Hickman, founded upon a record of the United States district court of west Tennessee. The defendant filed a special demurrer to the plaintiff’s declaration, but the demurrer was overruled. Issue was then taken on the plea of nul tiel record, upon which issue the court rendered judgment for the defendant; and the assignment of error caffs in question the propriety of this judgment.
The whole case, we apprehend, turns upon the question of the sufficiency of the record…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Borden v. FitchNew York Supreme Court · 1818
- Pepoon v. JenkinsNew York Supreme Court · 1800