Dennison v. Otis
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Common Pleas of Susquehanna county. On the trial of this cause, which was an action of replevin, brought by Mason Dennison against Israel S. Otis, the plaintiff offered in evidence a book,'purporting to be the docket of Samuel £. Brown, Esq. a justice of the peace of Susquehanna county, containing, as was alleged, the record of a judgment, obtained by Dennison against Otis before the said justice, together with evidence, that he was absent from the county, and…
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Error to the Common Pleas of Susquehanna county. On the trial of this cause, which was an action of replevin, brought by Mason Dennison against Israel S. Otis, the plaintiff offered in evidence a book,'purporting to be the docket of Samuel £. Brown, Esq. a justice of the peace of Susquehanna county, containing, as was alleged, the record of a judgment, obtained by Dennison against Otis before the said justice, together with evidence, that he was absent from the county, and had beep so for several weeks; that the said book was found in his office, and that it was in his hand-writing. The…
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The opinion of the court was delivered by
Rogers, J.
— Without doubt, the docket of a justice of the peace-is evidence to show: a judgment; so, that the single question which we have to determine is, whether the docket was sufficiently proved or identified. The plaintiff,offered in evidence a book, purporting to be the docket of Samuel«/?. Brown, Esq., a justice of the peace,, and containing, as was alleged, (and which we are to take as true,.) the record of a judgment, Dennison against Otis, accompanied with proof, that thejustice was absent from the county, and had been so-for several weeks;…
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