Prichard v. Sigafus
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from Trial Term, New York County. Action by George W. Prichard and another against Augusta C. A. Sigafus and others. From a judgment in favor of plaintiffs, and from an order denying a motion for a new trial, defendant Sigafus and another appeal. Reversed.
1Opinion of the Court
PATTERSON, J..
The plaintiffs’ assignor recovered a judgment in ine Fifth Judicial District of the territory of New Mexico against James M. Sigafus, Augusta C. A. Sigafus, J. Everett Bird, and E. Marion Bird, who are also the defendants herein. It is alleged in the complaint in the present action that all the defendants in the action in New Mexico duly and voluntarily appeared by James E. Wharton, their duly authorized attorney, and filed a plea or answer therein, and that thereupon a trial was had in accordance with the law then existing in the territory of New Mexico, and that the court had…
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