Frost v. Bates
Supreme Court of Vermont
This was a report of referees, judgment in the county court for plaintiff and exceptions by defendant. In this court a question was made as to which party should produce copies of certain deeds, referred to by the referees in their report, as constituting a part of the plaintiff’s title.
1Opinion of the Court
The Court intimated, what they recognized as the uniform rule upon this subject, and what they supposed to be universally practised upon, viz. — that the party excepting must see to it that his *146case is made perfect in the county court, so that this court, by examining it, can see precisely what was decided by that court. For unless this court can know precisely what was decided in the court below, it cannot be determined whether there was error in their judgment, or not. And as all presumptions are here to be made in favor of the regularity of their proceedings, their judgment must always be…
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