Smith & Co. v. Ross

The motion for new trial complains that the court,, over the objection of the defendants’ counsel, admitted in evidence a certified copy of an order from the court of ordinary of Pulaski county, authorizing the administrator to sell the lands belonging to the estate of his intestate. The specific objection to the admission of this testimony was, that the certified *199copy did not show that the order was ever signed by the ordinary of Pulaski county. The certified copy of the order objected to was headed: “ Court of Ordinary, July Term, 1860.” It set out an apparently regular and legal order…