Foster v. Lankford

Hall, Judge.

It is basic hornbook law that a foreign judgment generally is entitled to receive the same faith and credit in every other State that is accorded to it in the State where rendered; therefore, a foreign judgment is not entitled to full faith and credit where the court rendering it had no jurisdiction over the person. 50 CJS 473, § 889; 30A AmJur 328, § 262.

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