National Exchange Bank of Tiffin v. Wiley
Supreme Court of the United States
IN ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEBRASKA. The facts are stated in the opinion. The answer does not state a defense to the petition but confesses same; it admits delivery of the note and warrant of attorney authorizing any attorney to appear without process and confess judgment and that the judgment was so confessed in a court of general jurisdiction.
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IN ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEBRASKA. The facts are stated in the opinion. The answer does not state a defense to the petition but confesses same; it admits delivery of the note and warrant of attorney authorizing any attorney to appear without process and confess judgment and that the judgment was so confessed in a court of general jurisdiction. The judgment of a court of general jurisdiction in any State is equally conclusive upon the parties in any other State. Tell v. Yost, 128 N. Y. 387; Shumway v. Stillman, 6 Wend. 453. In any view of the case there is no evidence in…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan
This is an action upon a judgment rendered in one of the courts of Ohio, and the question to be considered is whether the final judgment under review gave to' the proceedings in the Ohio court such faith and credit as are required by the Constitution and laws of the United States.
The Constitution, Art. IV, § 1, provides that “Full faith and credit shall be given in each State to the public acts, records and judicial proceedings of every other State. And the Congress may by general laws prescribe the manner in which such acts, records and proceedings shall be proved, and the effect thereof.”…
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