Jasper v. Porter

OPINION OP THE COURT.

In this case an objection being made to the admission of certain depositions, on the ground that it did not appear that the officer, taking the same, was authorized to do so. The courts of the United States are presumed to know the laws of the several states. It is, therefore, unnecessary to set them out in a plea, as foreign laws; but the court will notice them without plea, and can determine whether the person taking the depositions, under the laws of the state, comes within- the act of congress, which authorizes depositions to be taken. The court .will receive the…