Geron v. Felder
Supreme Court of Alabama
Error to the Circuit Court of Madison. Before the Hon. Geo. D. Shortridge. The defendant in error brought debt on a judgment rendered in his favor, against the plaintiff in Mississippi. The plaintiff in error objected to the certificate of the judge, as insufficient to authenticate the record, under the act of Congress, but his objection was overruled.
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Error to the Circuit Court of Madison. Before the Hon. Geo. D. Shortridge. The defendant in error brought debt on a judgment rendered in his favor, against the plaintiff in Mississippi. The plaintiff in error objected to the certificate of the judge, as insufficient to authenticate the record, under the act of Congress, but his objection was overruled. The certificate is in this form : “ I, Armistead B. Dawson, presiding judge of the fourth judicial district of the State of Mississippi, (which said district includes the county of Noxubee,) do hereby certify,” The defendant in error, to prove…
1Opinion of the CourtDargan, J.
It is not necessary, that the certificate should use the precise language of the act of Congress, but when different language is adopted, it must not be equivocal, or capable of bearing a different meaning, or of conveying a different idea, than the language used in the act. 13 Ala. 722. The certificate in this case shows, that the judge who made it was the presiding judge of the circuit court of the fourth judicial district, and also that Noxubee county, in the circuit court of which the judgment Was rendered, composed a part of this district. The certificate therefore excludes any other…
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