Ruth v. Durendo

On December 15th, 1920, A. M. Bryant, a justice of the peace of the State of Maryland in and for the City of Baltimore, in an action pending before him, rendered a judgment iii favor of Alfredo Durendo against Joseph L. Ruth, for fifty dollars and costs. Later the judgment was recorded in the office of the clerk of the Superior Court of Baltimore City, and on December 4th, 1932, a writ of scire facias issued out of that court to revive it. The defendant filed three pleas to the writ: (1) Nul tiel record; (2) that the justice of the peace was “without jurisdiction to render a judgment on the…