Stewart v. Swanzy
Mississippi Supreme Court
On appeal from the vice-chancery court at Columbus; Hon. Henry Dickinson, vice-chancellor. The facts of the case are sufficiently contained in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Yerger
This case was before this court at the January term, 1849, and it was then held, that under the will of James Thompson, made in South Carolina, in 1825, the complainants were entitled to the property in the proportion claimed by them in the will. But the case was reversed, because the copy of the will from South Carolina was not authenticated in such a manner as to authorize it to be read in evidence in the courts of this stat'e. On the last trial before the vice-chancellor, there was no other or different authentication of the copy, than the one heretofore deemed insufficient by this court.…
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- Lincoln v. BattelleNew York Supreme Court · 1831
- Dozier v. JoyceSupreme Court of Alabama · 1838
- Bissell v. EdwardsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1812
- Blodget v. JordanSupreme Court of Vermont · 1834
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- Gilmore v. TuttleNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1885