Snyder v. Wise
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
In error from the Common Pleas of Philadelphia. March 14. Assumpsit. The plaintiff gave in evidence, under objection, a copy of proceedings before a justice of the peace of Posey county, Indiana, wherein judgment was confessed by defendant. The justice certified, under his hand and seal, that this was a correct and complete copy, from his docket, of the proceedings and judgment.
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In error from the Common Pleas of Philadelphia. March 14. Assumpsit. The plaintiff gave in evidence, under objection, a copy of proceedings before a justice of the peace of Posey county, Indiana, wherein judgment was confessed by defendant. The justice certified, under his hand and seal, that this was a correct and complete copy, from his docket, of the proceedings and judgment. The clerk of the Posey Circuit Court certified that the signature was genuine, and the person signing was a justice of the peace; and the president judge attested the signature of the clerk. Campbell, J., admitted the…
1Opinion of the CourtBell, J.
The only evidence given on the trial of the cause was the certified copy of the proceedings had before James Lafferty, Esquire, a justice of the peace for Posey county, in the state of Indiana, which resulted in a judgment against the plaintiff in error. Was this copy properly authenticated? is the sole question. It is clear the document in question does not come within the description of those mentioned in the act of Congress of March, 1804, as “records and exemplifications of office books, which are or may be kept in any public office of any state, not appertaining to a court.” These are…
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