Martin v. Payne
Texas Supreme Court
Error from Colorado. The errors assigned are, 1st. The ruling out and rejection of the evidence, offered by plaintiff, of the rate of interest in the State of Tennessee. 2nd. The refusal to grant a new trial.
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Error from Colorado. The errors assigned are, 1st. The ruling out and rejection of the evidence, offered by plaintiff, of the rate of interest in the State of Tennessee. 2nd. The refusal to grant a new trial. The evidence, rejected, consisted in the first place, (as appeared from the bill of exceptions,) of Section 3rd, chapter 50, passed in 1835, in a book entitled “A compilation of the “ statutes of Tennessee, of a general and permanent nature, “ from the commencement of the government, to the present “ time, with reference to judicial decisions, in notes, to which “ is added a new…
1Opinion of the Court
Hemphill, Ch. J.
We are of opinion that there was no error in the rejection of the evidence, offered by plaintiff. The Congress of the United States, and the Legislature of this State, have provided modes by which the laws of other States, when offered as evidence, may be proved. By the Acts of *294Congress, it is provided that the Acts of the Legislatures of the several States and territories shall be authenticated by having the seal of the respective States affixed thereto; and by statute in this State, it is declared that the printed statute books of the several States and territories of the…
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