Legal Opinion

Lazier v. . Westcott

New York Court of Appeals

Decided December 5, 1862PublishedCited by 38 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

This is an action upon a judgment recovered in the Court of Common Pleas of Upper Canada against this defendant by this plaintiff. The cause was tried before a referee, who gave judgment for the plaintiff and judgment on his report to be affirmed at general term.

On the trial the plaintiff offered in evidence an exemplication of the record of a judgment in the Court of Common Pleas of Upper Canada, which was received under objection and exception. Numerous interlineations, alterations and erasures, appeared in the record, but they all appeared to be marked or authenticated by the initials…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Ennis v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1853
  2. Taylor v. BrydenNew York Supreme Court · 1811
  3. Van Arsdale v. DrakeNew York Supreme Court · 1848
  4. King v. Van GilderSupreme Court of Vermont · 1797

3Cited by38 opinions

  1. Hilton v. GuyotSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
  2. Mandeville v. . ReynoldsNew York Court of Appeals · 1877
  3. Brinkley v. . BrinkleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1872
  4. CIBC Mellon Trust Co. v. Mora Hotel Corp. N.V.New York Court of Appeals · 2003
  5. Johnston v. Compagnie Generale TransatlantiqueNew York Court of Appeals · 1926

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