Murphy v. Manning

This is a suit on a Massachusetts judgment. The defence is a discharge in insolvency granted in this State on proceedings begun after the judgment was rendered. The plaintiffs were New Jersey creditors of the defendant, (a resident of Massachusetts,) and it is not denied that the original debt would not have been discharged. Ilsley v. Merriam, 7 Cush. 242. Kelley v. Drury, 9 Allen, 27. But the distinction is taken, that, as the plaintiffs in this case have elected to merge their debt in a Massachusetts judgment, that judgment at all events must be subject to the state laws, and is disposed of…