Clark v. Depew
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the District Court of Philadelphia. Tbe plaintiff in error was defendant below. Tbe action was ejectment, and was brought to recover possession of a lot of ground and five bouses in tbe district of Kensington. Both parties claimed under Benjamin Wilson. Tbe plaintiffs bad commenced an action against Wilson in the District Court in May, 1850, upon a judgment which they bad obtained against him in tbe state of New York.
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Error to the District Court of Philadelphia. Tbe plaintiff in error was defendant below. Tbe action was ejectment, and was brought to recover possession of a lot of ground and five bouses in tbe district of Kensington. Both parties claimed under Benjamin Wilson. Tbe plaintiffs bad commenced an action against Wilson in the District Court in May, 1850, upon a judgment which they bad obtained against him in tbe state of New York. Tbe action was tried in October, 1850, and a verdict rendered for tbe plaintiffs for $2070. Judgment was entered December 10, 1850. On tbe same day they issued an…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Knox, J.
Upon the trial of this cause, the plaintiffs below offered in evidence the records of certain judgments, obtained in the Supreme Court of the state of New York, against the defendant’s vendor, Benjamin Wilson.
These were objected to: 1. Because they were not properly certified and authenticated. 2. Because irrelevant.
The certificate was in these words—
“ I, Robert Oakley, clerk of West Chester county, and of the Supreme' Court in and for the said county, in the second judicial ' district, do certify, that I compared the foregoing with the…
2Cited by1 opinion
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