Case Name: Baker against the Judges of Ulster Common Pleas
Court: New York Supreme Court of Judicature
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1809-02
Citations: 4 Johns. 191
Docket Number: 
Parties: Baker against the Judges of Ulster Common Pleas.
Judges: 
Reporter: Johnson's Reports
Volume: 4
Pages: 191–191

Head Matter:
Baker against the Judges of Ulster Common Pleas.
ALBANY,
February, 1809.
Where the defendant in a suit in the Comman Pleas obtained me uA-vviiai gc under the in solvent act, on the same day that a judgment was rendered against him in that court, and being brought up on a ca. sa. the court discharged him, on motion, this court held the proceeding to be regular. A party entitled to relief by an audita querela, may be relieved on mo? tion.
SUDAM
moved for a rule to show cause why a mandamus should not issue to compel the judges and justices of the court of common pleas, of Ulster county, to vacate a rule granted by them for discharging one Daniel Ketchum, jun. from a ca. sa. on the ground that he had been discharged under the insolvent act, on the same day that judgment was entered against him.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
As the judgment was contemporaneous with the discharge under the insolvent act, the defendant had no opportunity to plead his discharge. (2 Caines, 380. 1 Johns. Cases, 133.) He might have sought relief by an audita querela; but it is usual to grant the same relief on motion, and the rule of the court below was properly granted. The motion must be denied.
Rule refused.