8 Johns. 86 | N.Y. Sup. Ct. | 1811
The principle adopted by this court in the case of Kilburn v. Woodworth, (5 Johns. Rep. 41.) must govern the present. It was there held, that we would not sustain an action here, upon a judgment in another state, where the suit was commenced by attachment, and no personal summons or actual notice given to the defendant, he not being, at the time of issuing the attachment, within the state. In the case before us, it is not positively stated that Ward, against whom the judgment was recovered in Vermont, was not at the time of issuing the attachment, a resident within the state, or within the jurisdiction of the court. It is evident, however, from the facts stated in the case, that he was not. The process was served by attaching a hay-
Judgment for the defendant#