Crone v. Dawson
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Holt Circuit Court, Hon. Henby S. Kelley, Judge. Statement of case by the court. This is au action upon a judgment alleged to have been recovered in the circuit court of Stark county, in the state of Hlinois. The answer was a general denial. The plaintiff offered in evidence a certified copy of the judgment sued on. Against the defendant’s objection the court permitted its introduction in evidence.
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Appeal from Holt Circuit Court, Hon. Henby S. Kelley, Judge. Statement of case by the court. This is au action upon a judgment alleged to have been recovered in the circuit court of Stark county, in the state of Hlinois. The answer was a general denial. The plaintiff offered in evidence a certified copy of the judgment sued on. Against the defendant’s objection the court permitted its introduction in evidence. The copy of the judgment is as follows : “Pleas at a circuit court held by the Honorable Sabin D. Puterbaugh, judge of the sixteenth judicial circuit of the state of Illinois, at a term…
1Opinion of the Court
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Hall, J.
The defendant complains, first, of the action of the trial court in permitting the introduction in evidence of the record offered by plaintiff. The defendant claims that the record was inadmissible for the reason that it does not purport to be a complete record of the proceedings to which it relates, and is not certified as such a. complete record.
The record in this case was authenticated in pursuance of the act of congress in relation to authentication of laws and records. By that “act” the whole record is required to be certified. Abbotts’ Trial Evidence, p. 586. “In proving a…
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