Case Name: Bissell against Hall
Court: New York Supreme Court of Judicature
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1814-05
Citations: 11 Johns. 168
Docket Number: 
Parties: Bissell against Hall.
Judges: 
Reporter: Johnson's Reports
Volume: 11
Pages: 168–168

Head Matter:
Bissell against Hall.
Judgments restates are con/de^coutracts >n this state, to which the statute of Umitapleaded hi ban
IN ERROR, on certiorari, from a justice’s court. Hall sued Bissell, before the justice, in an action of debt on a judgment obtained in the state of Connecticut, in 1803. The defendant pleaded the statute of limitations, and the justice overruled r . , , „ the plea, on the ground that it could not be pleaded in bar of an action of debt on a judgment. There was no evidence to take the case out of the statute, and judgment was given by the court below for the plaintiff.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The plea of the statute of limitations was improperly overruled by the justice. Judgments of the courts of other states are considered in this state as simple contracts only, to which the statute of limitations may be pleaded. It was so decided by this court in the case of Hubbell v. Cowdrey. (5 Johns. Rep. 131.) The judgment below must, therefore, be reversed.
Judgment reversed.