Kearney v. . Thomas

1. The appellants excepted to the introduction of the certified copies of the marriage license, record of marriage, and return of the officiating minister, kept, under the Virginia law, amongst the records of tbe Hustings Court of tbe city of Petersburg. Tbe objection is that tbe signature of tbe keeper of tbe record was not under bis seal. We might question bere wbetber the Clerk of the Hustings Court kept a seal as keeper of records of tbis kind. However, tbat be did keep a seal as clerk of tbe Hustings Court is obvious from tbe record.

Tbe appellants point out tbat tbe autbentication is not…