Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 1905

Ruggles v. Bernstein

Ruggles v. Bernstein
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Decided May 19, 1905 · Hammond
188 Mass. 232; 74 N.E. 366; 1905 Mass. LEXIS 1133

Ruggles v. Bernstein

Opinion of the Court

Hammond, J.

The evidence excluded related to defences which could have been set up in the original action. No fraud or collusion being shown, the judgment rendered against the principal was conclusive evidence of the debt thereby ascertained, both against her and against the surety. Cutter v. Evans, 115 Mass. 27. Way v. Lewis, 115 Mass. 26, and cases there cited.

Exceptions overruled.

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