Zepp v. Hager

Mr.. Justice Scott

delivered the opinion of the Court:

This action was upon a judgment recovered by appellee against appellant, in the District Court in the city and county of Philadelphia.

The first plea was nul tiel record,, upon which issue was joined; and the second- and third pleas were, in substance, the same—that appellant was not, at the time of the commencement of the suit in the District Court, or during the pendency thereof, an inhabitant or resident of the State of Pennsylvania, or in any manner subject to the jurisdiction of that court, and from the time of the commencement of the…