Rector v. Welch

This was an action of ejectment brought by Rector against Welch y plea, general issue. On the trial, the plaintiff gave, in evidence, a copy of a land certificate of the recorder of land titles, called a New Madrid certificate, and a copy of a survey made thereon of the land in question, authenticated by the certificate of the Surveyor General of Missouri and Illinois. It was objected, that the Surveyor’s certificate did not entitle the party to read the copies in evidence, but that the copies should he sworn copies, which objection the Court overruled. The plaintiff made out his chain of…