BRYAN, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal by the plaintiff, Shaw, from a judgment based on a directed verdict in favor of the defendant, Birk. In 1932, and on November 9, Shaw filed his original petition to recover damages for breach of a contract, acknowledging payment of $368 on account. On November 21 Birk pleaded in bar a judgment obtained by Shaw against him on the same cause of action in 1931 in a state court of Louisiana, alleging that the Louisiana court had...
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