DeVall v. DeVall
Oregon Supreme Court
From Wallowa: JOHN W. KNOWLES, Judge. Statement by Mr. Chief Justice Moore. This action was brought in the circuit court for Wallowa County by Beatrice De Vail against Thomas De Vail, to recover a sum of money determined to be due her by a trial court of another state.
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From Wallowa: JOHN W. KNOWLES, Judge. Statement by Mr. Chief Justice Moore. This action was brought in the circuit court for Wallowa County by Beatrice De Vail against Thomas De Vail, to recover a sum of money determined to be due her by a trial court of another state. It appears that by consideration of the circuit court of Lincoln County, Wisconsin, in a suit brought for that purpose in which the defendant herein was defendant and appeared in person and by an attorney, a decree was passed October 1, 1895, granting to the plaintiff herein, who was plaintiff in that suit, a divorce a vinculo,…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Moore.
1. Full faith and credit is required to be given in each state to the judicial proceedings of every other state, and Congress is empowered to prescribe the manner in which the actions of such tribunals shall be proved and the effect thereof. Section 1, Article IV, Constitution of United States. Pursuant to this authorization, the manner of authenicating judicial records has been ordained, and it is declared that when attested as prescribed, such enrollments shall be given the degree of faith and credit in every court within the United States that they have in…
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