Rowland v. M'Gee

OPINION of the Court, by

Cb. J. Boyxe.

This is an appeal taken by the defendant from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff in an action of ejectment.

In the progress of Ihe trial in the court below, sundry exceptions' were taken by the defendant, the first of which presents the question whether a copy of the will of Thomas M’Gee, under which the plaintiff derives title, was admissible evidence or not ?

The objections to reading the copy as evidence were, 1st, that it was not sufficiently authenticated, being only certified by the clerk without the seal of the court, and net being otherwise proven…