Hatcher v. . Rocheleau
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from the Supreme Court. The action was upon a judgment alleged to have been recovered against the defendant in the Circuit Court of Mississippi for the county of Adams. The defendant’s answer was equivalent to a plea of mil tid record. The case was tried before the late Mr. Justice Duer and a jury.
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Appeal from the Supreme Court. The action was upon a judgment alleged to have been recovered against the defendant in the Circuit Court of Mississippi for the county of Adams. The defendant’s answer was equivalent to a plea of mil tid record. The case was tried before the late Mr. Justice Duer and a jury. The principal questions made arose upon the admission in evidence of a record of the Mississippi judgment and its attestation, and as to its effect; that record being the only material evidence in the case. The jplácito was as follows: “State of Mississippi, Adams county. Charles F. Hatcher…
1Opinion of the Court
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[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] The most material question is, whether enough appeared upon these papers to show that STANHOPE POSEY, the judge who authenticated, by his certificate, the attestation of the clerk of Adams county to the copy of the record, was authorized to perform that act, the act of congress requiring it to be done by "the judge, chief justice or…
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