Madsen v. Kenner’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “Without expressing any opinion as to whether the defendant had authority or jurisdiction to render the judgment shown by the record or as to the effect of the irregularities complained of; or as to whether the plaintiff had a speedy, plain, adequate remedy by appeal or otherwise at law, it is quite clear that the payment of the sums of money named in the alleged judgment as fine and costs determined the issues involved in the proceedings or action, which by virtue of such payment were at an end, and the alleged judgment thereby satisfied, and passed beyond review by certiorari.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Maxwell v. Gibson