Clark v. Mann
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Clark v. Mann, 33 Me. 268 (Me. 1851)
Orally, Shepley
Clark v. Mann
Opinion of the Court
1. Nil debet is pleaded. There are diversities of rulings ■ among the States, in the matter of foreign judgments, and as to the forms of pleading in suits on judgments recovered in
2. It is not sufficiently shown that the Court in Massachusetts had any jurisdiction of the defendant’s person or property.
3. Payment may be proved under a plea of nil debet.
A receipt, though not under seal, is at least prima facie evidence of payment. Judgment for the defendant.
Reference
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- Clark versus Mann
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