63 Neb. 431 | Neb. | 1902
This action was upon a foreign judgment, and resulted in a decision adverse to the plaintiff, Emlu W. Burton. The petition alleged that the plaintiff sued the defendant, Lyman A. Williams, as administrator of the estate of Prank M. Williams, deceased, in the supreme court of the District of Columbia, and there recovered a judgment against him both in his representative capacity and as an individual. The answer was a general denial. The only evidence given at the trial was a duly authenticated transcript of the proceedings in the original case. Prom this record it appears that there were two causes of action stated in the declaration; one being exclusively against the estate of the deceased, and the other being of such a character that a recovery might have been had upon it against the defendant either in his representative or personal capacity. But while the plaintiff might, in our opinion, have proceeded against the defendant personally upon one of her causes of action, it is entirely certain that she elected not to pursue that course. The evidence is, it seems to us, conclusive that she sought to charge him upon both demands as administrator, and not otherwise. In the declaration and summons the defendant is described as “administrator,” and it is alleged that the plaintiff’s claims are (1) for money loaned to Prank M. Williams in his lifetime; and (2) for money received by the defendant, as ad-
We come now to the contention of counsel that the judgment sued on was a personal judgment against Lyman A. Williams, and evidenced a debt due from him to the plain
The judgment is right, and is
Affirmed.