Case Name: William L. Symons v. Frederick B. Eichelberger
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1924-04-29
Citations: 2 Ohio Law Abs. 308
Docket Number: No. 18091
Parties: William L. Symons v. Frederick B. Eichelberger.
Judges: 
Reporter: The Ohio Law Abstract
Volume: 2
Pages: 308–308

Head Matter:
No. 364
No. 18091
William L. Symons v. Frederick B. Eichelberger.
Error to the Court of Appeals of Cuyahoga County.
681. JURISDICTION —Plaintiff who received a judgment against a corespondent in a District of Columbia divorce suit, may maintain Ohio action for costs, without alleging their payment — Jurisdiction of D. C. court presumed, and burden of establishing rests on defendant.

Opinion:
ALLEN, J.
1. The courts of the State of Ohio will give full faith and credit to the judicial decrees of courts of reeord of the District of Columbia. Such decrees are conclusive upon the merits of the eontroversv therein adjudicated.
2. Suit may be maintained upon a judgment in favor of the plaintiff rendered by the Su~ courts of record of the District of Columbia, against a co-respondent in a divorce suit for the costs of such suit, without alleging or proving that plaintiff has paid such costs.
3. In an action upon a judgment rendered in a court of record of the District of Columbia, jurisdiction is presumed. The burden of proof of establishing that the court in question had no jurisdiction to render the judgment sued upon rests upon the defendant.