Rogers v. Burns
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the District Court of Philadelphia. ' In 1827, Evans Rogers brought a suit against Charles Lynch, Jr., in the District Court of the United States for the District of Mississippi; in 1839, a verdict was rendered in favour of the defendant for $>334.51 costs, and upon this judgment was entered. In 1849, this action of debt was instituted by Lynch upon the above judgment.
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Error to the District Court of Philadelphia. ' In 1827, Evans Rogers brought a suit against Charles Lynch, Jr., in the District Court of the United States for the District of Mississippi; in 1839, a verdict was rendered in favour of the defendant for $>334.51 costs, and upon this judgment was entered. In 1849, this action of debt was instituted by Lynch upon the above judgment. On the trial, John M. Burns, who had been substituted for his intestate Lynch, offered in evidence an exemplification of the record of the suit in Mississippi, to which Rogers objected, because it showed no warrant to…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Lewis, C. J.
This is an action of debt on a judgment recovered in the state of Mississippi. That judgment is to have such faith and credit here as it has there: Mills v. Duryee, 7 Cranch 481. It is settled that in such a case we are to take notice of the law of Mississippi, as fully as the Supreme Court of the United States, *527the tribunal of final review, would take notice of it: Baxley v. Linah, 4 Harris 241. To entitle a judgment recovered in another state to this degree of credit here, it is essencial that it be rendered by a tribunal having authority…
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- McElmoyle Ex Rel. Bailey v. CohenSupreme Court of the United States · 1839
- Mills v. DuryeeSupreme Court of the United States · 1813
- Denton v. NoyesNew York Supreme Court · 1810
- Steel v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1844
- Coxe v. NichollsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1800
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