Miles v. Collins
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 54. APPEAL PROM BOONE CIRCUIT COURT. Tbe facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court. The constitution of the U. S. (art. 4, sec. 1,) the act of congress passed in May, 1790, (1 Stat. Law, 189,) and the certificates of the prothonotary, show that the court below erred in adjudging there was no such record as that presented.
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CASE 54. APPEAL PROM BOONE CIRCUIT COURT. Tbe facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court. The constitution of the U. S. (art. 4, sec. 1,) the act of congress passed in May, 1790, (1 Stat. Law, 189,) and the certificates of the prothonotary, show that the court below erred in adjudging there was no such record as that presented. In determining whether a copy of a record from another state is competent evidence we must look to the authentication, and if that be in the form prescribed by the act of congress, the record should be admitted as evidence. Each state has the right to…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE WOOD
DELIVERED THE OTINIOH OE THE court:
The plaintiff below declared upon a judgment of a court of record of the State of Pennsylvania in favor of Scantlin and wife against the appellee, to one half of which judgment plaintiff was entitled, according to his claim.
After divers steps taken in the action, the defendant plead that there was no such record as the one declared on.
Upon inspection, it was adjudged by the circuit court that there was no such record, and judgment was rendered in bar of the plaintiff’s action. From this judgment he has appealed.
We are satisfied that the judgment of…
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