...statute, but upon a principle very well stated by Parke, B., in Williams v. Jones, 13 M. & W. 633: " Where a court of competent jurisdiction has adjudicated...person to another, a legal obligation arises to pay thut sum, on which an action of debt to enforce the judgment may be maintained. It is in this way that...

...195 ; Mcsnina v. Petrococc/tino, LR, 4 PC 144. The ground upon which the authorities proceed is that where a court of competent jurisdiction has adjudicated a certain sum to be due from another, a legal obligation arises to pay that sum; and upon this obligation an action of debt to enforce...

...lie for the recovery of the amount. The rule is well established that where the facts show clearly a certain sum to be due from one person to another, a release of the entire sum upon payment of a part is without consideration, and the creditor may still...

...virtue of any statute, but upon a principle very well stated by Parke, B., in Williams v. Jones (?'): ' Where a court of competent jurisdiction has adjudicated...person to another, a legal obligation arises to pay (g) L. 11. 3 HL ut p. 81. As Rep. 13.5. to the difficulty of Applying the (A) I,. R. 6 QB 139. principle,...

...certain sum to be ?„'",'?** v' ' due, a legal obligation arises to pay that sum, and an action EX^'I^ ' of debt to enforce the judgment may be maintained....that the judgments of foreign and colonial courts may Approved by ' De supported and enforced.' This was approved, as we have Courtof seen, in 1870,...

...on a judgment of a county court. Parke, B. : " The principle on which this action is founded is that where a court of competent jurisdiction has adjudicated a certain sum to be due Argument for Defendants in Error. from one person to another, a legal obligation arises to pay that...

...judgment remains wholly unpaid.3 [DEMAND or JUDGMENT.] § 785. Action Lies on Judgment or Decree.— Where a court of competent jurisdiction has adjudicated...that sum, on which an action of debt to enforce the >Dabney v. New England Mutual mestie court, or on a judgment of a Ins. Co., 14 Allen (Mass.), 300....

..."comity." The more sensible reason is that advanced by Baron Parke in WUliamt v. Jones, 13 Mees. & W. 633: "Where a court of competent jurisdiction has adjudicated...that the judgments of foreign and colonial courts are enforced. " It is certain that this obligation cannot spring from the mere fact that some court has...

...conclusive and enforced.' Mr. Alexander cited the late Baron Parke in the case of Williams v. Jones, that ' where a Court of competent jurisdiction has adjudicated...of debt to enforce the judgment may be maintained' (13 M. & W. 633). Mr. Alexander also cited M. Asset, the well-known Dutch jurist, who suggests that,...

...judgments are 1870. but upon a principle very well stated by Parke, B., in Williams v. Junes (q) : " Where a Court of competent jurisdiction has adjudicated a certain sum to be duo from one person, to another, a legal obligation arises to pay that sum, on which an action of debt...