Court Opinion

ID: 4932609
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2021-09-24 01:09:59.431372+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:14:32.572072
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Appleton, C. J.
This is debt on a judgment recovered before the superior court for the county of Cumberland, to which the defendant has pleaded nil debet. To this plea a demurrer has been filed.
It is well settled when the action is grounded on a record or specialty that nil debet is no plea. This rule is the result of the authorities. Bullis v. Giddens, 8 Johns., 82. The proper plea is nul tiel record, when the judgment upon which the action is brought was recovered before a court of record of this State.

Exceptions overruled.

"Walton, Dickerson, Barrows, Virgin and Peters, JJ., concurred.