Koury v. Claymont Development Co.

Harrington, J.,

delivering the opinion of the court:

Section 1 of article 4 of the Constitution of the United States provides that:

“Full faith and credit shall be given in each state to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state. And the Congress may by general laws prescribe the manner in which such acts, records and proceedings shall be proved and the effect thereof."

Pursuant to this provision, on the 26th day of May, 1790, (Section 905, Rev. Stat. [U. S. Comp. St. § 1519]), Congress passed the following act:

“The records and judicial proceedings of the courts of…