Latterett v. Cook
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from the Dubuque District Court. This suit was commenced by Latterett against Cook, on a ■judgment rendered in' tbe inferior court of Common Pleas of Essex county, state of New Jersey, in April, Í837. Judgment was rendered in favor of tbe plaintiff, and tbe defend- ’ ant appeals to this court.
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Appeal from the Dubuque District Court. This suit was commenced by Latterett against Cook, on a ■judgment rendered in' tbe inferior court of Common Pleas of Essex county, state of New Jersey, in April, Í837. Judgment was rendered in favor of tbe plaintiff, and tbe defend- ’ ant appeals to this court. Tbe material facts will sufficiently appear from tbe opinion of tbe court. contended:' 1. That the transcripts set forth in the record are not duly authenticated by the judge’s certifying the same. 4 Cow. & Hill’s Notes to Phil, on'Ey. 322. 2. That the transcript'of judgment attached to petition,…
1Opinion of the Court
Weight, C.- J.
The objections urged against the correctness of the judgment below, are quite numerous, and without specifying each in detail, we shall consider them in such *4connection as will best conduce to a clear -understanding of tbe points decided.
At tbe time tbe petition was filed, plaintiff accompanied it* with wbat purported to be a transcript of tbe judgment sued on. This consisted of a declaration in assumpsit and tbe judgment tbereon, being against defendant and in favor of plaintiff. Tbe authentication of tbis record we shall refer to hereafter. On tbe trial of tbe cause, it…
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