Legal Opinion

Chamberlain v. Britton

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided October 4, 1907No. Gen. No. 13,298PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Action of debt. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Arthur H. Frost, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. Presiding Justice Baker

delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiff put in evidence not an authenticated copy of the entire record of the decree of the Hew York court, but such copy of the decree alone. There has been some conflict of opinion as to whether it was or was not necessary to produce the entire record of a sister state judgment in an action on such judgment when there was a plea of nul tiel record. In Hallum v. Dickinson, 47 Ark., 120; Howell v. Shands, 35 Ga., 66; and Hockaday v. Skegs, 18 La. Ann., 681, it was held that the entire record must be produced.

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2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Stillman v. StillmanIllinois Supreme Court · 1881
  2. Dow v. BlakeIllinois Supreme Court · 1893
  3. M. K. & T. Railway Co. v. City of Fort ScottSupreme Court of Kansas · 1875
  4. Haynes v. CowenSupreme Court of Kansas · 1875
  5. Firemen's Insurance v. ThompsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1895

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. People v. PaulAppellate Court of Illinois · 1908
  2. Gundry v. HancockAppellate Court of Illinois · 1909
  3. People v. Artesian Stone & Lime Works Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1909

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