McMillan v. Lovejoy

Citations

• 115 Ill. 498

Syllabus

<p>1. Foreign judgment—transcript as evidence, without placiia. A transcript of a judgment of a sister State, when properly certified under the act of Congress, is admissible in evidence in an action upon such judgment, although it shows no placita.</p> <p>2. Same—subject to what defence. Under the act of Congress, where a transcript of a judgment of a sister State, duly certified, is offered in evidence, no questions are open to inquiry except those of jurisdiction.</p> <p>3. Judgment—defects in form, as affecting its conclusive effect. In a collateral proceeding, as, a suit upon a judgment or decree, when the tran-' script shows it to be the adjudication of a court or judge having jurisdiction over the parties and subject matter, the judgment or decree, however defective in form, is conclusive upon the parties.</p>