Everett v. Everett
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OF NEW YORK. This is a writ of error to review a judgment of the Supreme Court of New York upon the ground that the final order of that court, entered pursuant to the mandate of the Court of Appeals of New York in this case, failed to give full faith and credit to the judicial proceedings in a certain action determined in the Probate Court of Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OF NEW YORK. This is a writ of error to review a judgment of the Supreme Court of New York upon the ground that the final order of that court, entered pursuant to the mandate of the Court of Appeals of New York in this case, failed to give full faith and credit to the judicial proceedings in a certain action determined in the Probate Court of Suffolk County, Massachusetts. The facts out of which this question arose may be thus summarized: The present plaintiff in error, Georgia L. Everett, on or about April 1st, 1897, brought this action in thé Supreme…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan
We have no concern about the disposition made by the state court of questions of mere local law, ¡and have only to inquire whether, as required by the Constitution of the United States, it gave full faith ..and credit to the proceedings had in the Probate .Court in Massachusetts. Const., Art. IV, § 1. If it .did-,'the judgment must be affirmed; otherwise, reversed. That the proceedings in the latter court were judicial in their nature, and that the New York court intended to give them full faith and credit, cannot be doubted. The Probate Court is a court of record, established by the General…
2Cited by5 opinions
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- Di Russo v. Di RussoNew York Supreme Court · 1968
- Marshall v. MarshallMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
- In re the Estate of RoebenNew York Surrogate's Court · 1939
- Chapman v. ChapmanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1957