Dezen v. Slatcoff

THOMAS, Justice.

Before stating, discussing and deciding the questions we feel obliged to answer we shall give the chronology of the procedure in the trial court leading to the judgment under attack here.

The action, which was commenced in the Florida court 20 February 1952, was based on a judgment obtained by the appellee in a Court of Common Pleas in Pennsylvania, 14 October 1930, more than twenty years before.

After an unsuccessful attempt to dismiss the complaint the defendant filed his answer presenting the principal defense that the claim had been discharged by payment. The plaintiff then…