WONDERLY V. LAFAYETTE COUNTY.
665
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northel'P Division of the Northern District of minois. Motion to dismiss the writ of error. John A. Rose, for street-railroad company. Elmer E. Beach, for defendant. Before WOODS, JENKINS, and SHOWALTER, Circuit Judges. WOODS, Circuit Judge. The citation in this case was issued September 15, and made returnable October 14:, 1896. On the ensuing 19th the judge who signed the citation made a nunc pro tunc order, as the 14th, extending the time for filing the record to October 24, 1896. Two days before the expiration of that time, the plaintiff in error caused the case to be docketed in this court, and on the next day a motion to dismiss the writ of error, because the case was not docket· ed in time, was filed.. The case of West v. Irwin, 9 U. S. App. 547,4, C. C. A. 401, and 54 Fed. 419, is cited in support of the motion. That was explained and distinguished in the opinion upon the motion of Daenell, intervener, in Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. v. Chicago & N. P. R. Co., 34 U. S. App. 626, 19 O. C. A. 477, and 73 Fed. 314. Rule 16 of this court (11 C. C. A. cvi.; 47 Fed. viii.), in respect to the dismissing of cases for failure to docket in time, is essentially the same as rule 9 of the supreme court (12 Sup. Ct. Ix.), in respect to which in Owings v. Tiernan, 10 Pet. 24, that court said: "The rule ot the court tor docketing and dismissing causes has never been applied to any case where, before the motion was made, the cause had been actually placed on the docket."
See, also, Gwin v. Breedlove, 15 Pet. 284; Bingham v. Morris, 7 Cranch, 99; and Sparrow v. Strong, 3 Wall. 103. This court ruled the same way in the case of Chicago Dollar Directory Co. v. Ohicago Directory Co., 24 U. S. App. 525,13 O. O. A. 8, 11, and 65 Fed. 463, and in an earlier unreported case. In the First circuit a like ruling was made in Andrews v. Thurn, 21 U. S. App. 459, 12 C. O. A. 77, and 64 Fed. 149; and in other circuits the decisions favor a liberal practice. Freeman v. Clay, 2 U. S. App. 151, 1 C. C. A. 115, and 48 Fed. 849; McClellan v. Pyeatt, 4, U. S. App. 98, 10. O. A. 241, and 49 Fed. 259; The Chatham, 8 U. S. App. 104,3 O. O. A. 161, and 52 Fed. 396; State of Florida v. Charlotte Harbor Phosphate Co., 30 U. So App. 536, 17 O. C. A. 472, and 70 Fed. 883; Jones v. Mann, 18 C. C. A. 442. 72 Fed. 85. The motion is overruled. WONDERLY LAFAYETTE COUNTY. December T, 1898.)
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(Cireuit Court, W. D. Missouri, W. D.
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hDRRAL JURISDICTION-REVIVOR OF JUDGMENT-SCIRE FACIAS.
Scire facias to reyive a judgment in a federal court being an ancIllal'1 proeePding, the court has jurisdiction, eyen though the parties are citizens of the lIlU1le ata teo
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77 FEDERAL REPORTER.
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SUIT IN STATE COURT. The fact that one is suing in a state court upon a judgment of a federal court will not prevent him from proceeding at the same time in the federal court to revive the judgment by scire facias. REVIVOR OF J UDGMEN'r-SCIRE FACIAS-GENERAL DENIAL· .A general denial of each and every allegation of the Wi"it not admitted in the answer is a form of defense not permitted in scire facias to revive a judgment. .
This was a proceeding by Charles P. Wonderly to revive in his behalf, as assignee, by writ of scire facias, a 1udgment in favor of Francis D. <hfings against Lafayette county, Mo. The case was heard on demurrer to certain paragraphs of the answer. Frederick A. Wind, for plaintiff. Elijah Robinson, for defendant. PHILIPS, District Judge. The plaintiff demurs to. certain paragraphs of the answer of the defendant to the petition, which is a proceeding of scire facias to revive a judgment heretofore rendered in this court in favor of Francis D. Owings against the defendant county. The plaintiff, Wonderly, claims as assignee under said judgment. The first paragraph of the answer puts in issue the jurisdiction of this court over the parties, for the reason that both are residents and citizens of the state of Missouri. As the proceeding to revive the judgment by scire facias must be instituted and conducted in the court rendering the judgment, it is an ancillary proceeding, and for that reason the plea is not well taken, and the demurrer thereto is sustained. The second paragraph of the answer pleads that this court had neither jurisdiction over the subject-matter nor of the person of the defendant when it rendered said judgment. The demurrer to this paragraph is sustained for the reason that the question of jurisdiction was adjudicated in the rendition of said judgment, and no fact is stated or shown by the answer authorizing this court, in this proceeding, to readjudicate that question. The fourth paragraph of the answer alleges, as the reason why the judgment should not be revived, that the said judgment constitutes no lien upon any of the property of defendant, and is not entitled to, nor indeed can have, any such lien. This question was fully considered by the court in the oEinion filed herein heretofore, on. the demurrer of the defendant to the scire facias. For the reasons therein assigned, the demurrer to this paragraph of the answer is sustained. The fifth paragraph of the answer pleads the pendency of another suit between these parties respecting said judgment in the circuit court of Lafayette county, Mo. It appears from the answer that the suit pending in said Lafayette county is an action founded on the judgment brought within 10 years after its rendition, and its purpose is to obtain a new judgment upon the judgment rendered in this court. While the ultimate effect of the two proceedings may be the same to rue plaintiff, yet they are not of the same character, and there is no reason in law why the plaintiff may not resort to both remedies accorded
THOMAS V. CINCINNATI, N. O. &; T. P. RY. CO.
667
to him by law. If this were otherwise, the matter pleaded constitutes no defense to this action, for the reason that the pendency of another suit between the same parties respecting the same subject-matter in a state court is no bar to this proceeding in the United States circuit court. Holton v. Guinn, 76 Fed. 101, and authorities cited. The demurrer to this paragraph is therefore sustained. The sixth paragraph of the answer alleges that the judgment in question "was rendered more than ten years ago, and that, by virtue of an act of the general assembly of the state of Missouri of 1895, the said judgment, at the expiration of ten years from the date of its rendition, became absolutely null and void, and of no further force or effect." This plea would be insufficient if for no other reason than that it does not sufficiently appear that said period of 10 years had rUll at the institution of the proceeding for revivor by scire facias; and as it is a matter of fact, appearing from the face of the proceedings not controverted by the answer, that the writ of scire facias was sued out within the 10 years, the demurrer to this plea is sustained. The plaintiff also presents a motion to strike out the third paragraph of the answer. This paragraph pleads the want of sufficient knowledge or information as to whefher or not the said Francis D. Owings, the alleged assignor of the said judgment, ever did assign the same to plaintiff. This presents an issue of fact which is not concluded by any matter apparent on the fact of the pleadings herein, and, as it is a material fact to plaintiff's right of recovery, the motion to strike out the same is overruled. The plaintiff also moves to strike out the seventh paragraph of the answer. This part of the answer simply interposes a general denial to each and every allegation in the writ of scire facias not admitted in the answer to be true. While this general allegation of the answer is perhaps not very material to the case, it is a character of defense not permissible in this form of procedure. The command of the writ of scire facias is that the defendant appear and show cause, if any, why the judgment should not be revived. It proceeds upon the legal assumption that all matters in controversy between the parties reo specting the right of the plaintiff to have judgment were fully adju· dicated by the court, and things and matters ordinarily to be showJ;l by the defendant as to why the judgment should not be revived are such as have supervened or originated since its rendition. In other words, the defendant is called upon and required by the writ to show some affirmative fact why the plaintiff should not take judgment on his writ. For this reason, the motion to strike this paragraph out is sustained. THOMAS 1".
(Circuit Court, S. D. Ohio, W. D.
CINCINNATI, N. O. & T. P. RY. CO. December 23, 189ft)
RAILROAD RECEIVERS-AsSUMPTION OF LEASES-AGREEMEl'\T OF PARTIES.
A railroad receiver, after paying some installments of rent for certain leased lots, refused thereafter to pay more than two-thirds of the rent reserved. This amount was refused, until, by agreement of the parties, an order of court was entered providing that the receipt thereof should be without prejudice to