Ordway v. Conroe
Wisconsin Supreme Court
ERROR TO RACINE CIRCUIT COURT. This was an action of debt on judgment, commenced in tbe Circuit Court of Racine county by the plaintiffs in error against tbe defendants in error. The declaration was upon a judgment recovered in tbe Circuit Court of Ottawa county, in tbe state of Michigan, July 29, 1852, for $1,000. Pie a — General issue.
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ERROR TO RACINE CIRCUIT COURT. This was an action of debt on judgment, commenced in tbe Circuit Court of Racine county by the plaintiffs in error against tbe defendants in error. The declaration was upon a judgment recovered in tbe Circuit Court of Ottawa county, in tbe state of Michigan, July 29, 1852, for $1,000. Pie a — General issue. On tbe trial in the court below (a jury being waived) tbe plaintiffs offered in evidence wbat purported to be a transcript of a judgment rendered in the Circuit Court of Ottawa county, in tbe state of Michigan, under the seal of tbe court. This transcript…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
SMITH, J.
The only question necessary to be discussed in this case* though all the others presented and argued *48at the bar have been carefully considered, is,-whether the court below erred in rejecting the transcript offered in evidence, on the ground that it _was not properly authenticated.
The admissibility of the record as evidence depends upon two questions: 1. Is it authenticated according to the act or acts of Congress, passed in conformity, .with section 1 of the fourth article of the constitution of the United States? and 2d. Is it admissible under the provisions of the…
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