Boylan v. Whitney

The defendants in error brought an action of debt against John Boylan and Samuel Boylan, upon several judgments rendered in the state of New York.

The suit appears to have been prosecuted against John Boylan alone. Samuel was not served with process.

John Boylan pleaded, inter alia, as follows:

That said several judgments in the declaration mentioned, were one and the same judgment; that before the commencement of the suit in which said recovery was had, and during the whole progress of the suit until said recovery was obtained, the said defendant, John Boylan, was a resident of the state of…