Williams v. Van Kemp

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Bell,

Was the lower court correct in holding that the Act of April 16, 1840, * providing for the transfer of a judgment from one county to another county within the Commonwealth, requires “a certified copy of the whole record in the case,” or is an exemplified copy of the Appearance Docket and the Judgment Docket sufficient? This is the narrow and sole question involved.

The case arose on a scire facias to revive and continue the lien of a judgment entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County on an “exemplification of the docket record of the case ... as the…