Knox v. Rossi
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from the Second Judicial District Court, Washoe County) A. E. Cheney, Judge. Action by Charles L. Knox against Giovanni Rossi. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. I. The errors in law occurring at the trial and excepted to by the plaintiff were due to a misconstruction by the lower court of the war revenue act relative to the introduction in evidence of documents required by that law to be stamped by revenue stamps.
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Appeal from the Second Judicial District Court, Washoe County) A. E. Cheney, Judge. Action by Charles L. Knox against Giovanni Rossi. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. I. The errors in law occurring at the trial and excepted to by the plaintiff were due to a misconstruction by the lower court of the war revenue act relative to the introduction in evidence of documents required by that law to be stamped by revenue stamps. So far as appellant has been able to ascertain the war revenue law of 1898, in so far as it affects the admissibility of evidence in state courts, has not as…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Belknap, J.:
At the trial the plaintiff offered in evidence two depositions taken under a commission issued to a notary public of the city of San Francisco, State of California, with his certificate thereunto attached. One of these was objected to upon the ground that the stamps required by the act of congress approved June 13, 1898, entitled “An act to provide ways and means to meet war expenditures and for other purposes,” were not canceled upon the day the certificate bears date. The other was objected to upon the ground that the certificate was not stamped as required by the…
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