Flemming v. Richardson

The plaintiff has appealed from a judgment rendered against him in a redhibitory action.

Upon the trial in the court below, he offered in evidence a copy of the notarial act of sale by which he acquired the title to the slave in question from the defendant, Richardson. The District Judge rejected the copy, although it was authenticated by the official signature of the notary, upon the ground that there was no seal of office upon the copy, but only a private scrawl in place of a seal.

The copy should have been received. The notary certified that it was a true copy of the original act on file in…